2009 Map of Mound City NW

About this map

Big Sugar Creek and its many tributaries, including Coffeebean Creek and Alexander Branch, carve a complex drainage pattern through this rural Kansas landscape. The area is defined by a grid of section-line roads like Farris Rd and Ingraham Rd, which serve a scattered network of farmsteads and the small settlements of Critzer, Hilltop, and Omega. Genealogy researchers will find the Centerville Cemetery at the western edge, a primary landmark for local family history. The topography reveals the transition between upland prairie and the bottomlands of the North Fork Little Sugar Creek, where a large body of water has been impounded in the southern half of the quadrangle. This 2009 survey reflects the persistent agricultural character of Linn County, where traditional land divisions remain the primary structure for habitation and transport.