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2022 Map of Morganfield

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Morganfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Morganfield serves as the primary hub of this landscape, anchoring a network of family-named cemeteries and agricultural drainage systems. The town center is densely structured around the Union County Courthouse Annex, with numerous burial grounds such as Saint Ann Cem, Masonic Cem, and Odd Fellows Cem Number 37 reflecting the area's deep-rooted community history. The surrounding terrain is defined by the transition from the low-lying Cypress Flats to the elevated Chalybeate Hills and Dyer Hills in the south.

Water management is a defining characteristic of the countryside, with features like Higginson Ditch, Wathen Ditch, and Willett Ditch cutting across the landscape to manage the flow toward Eagle Cr and Sugg Cr. Scattered settlements such as Chapman, Hamner, and Harding are connected by a mesh of rural routes like VT Crawley Rd and Tina Waggener Rd, while numerous family plots including Joel Sugg Cem and Givens Cem offer specific touchpoints for local genealogists studying Union County.