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2022 Map of Mound Valley

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Mound Valley serves as the central hub of this Labette County landscape, where a traditional grid of streets like Pine St and Hickory St meets the winding path of Pumpkin Creek. The settlement pattern is defined by rural crossroads and the legacy of local families, evidenced by the distribution of four distinct burial grounds: Mound Valley Cem, Penfield Cem, Richland Cem, and Griffith Cem. These sites, often located near watercourses such as Richland Creek and Wildcat Cr, suggest the early nodes of community life in this part of Kansas.

Terrain features like Dixon Mound provide vertical relief in an area otherwise characterized by systematic section lines and a network of county roads. The small settlement of Penfield appears in the southeastern quadrant, linked to the surrounding agricultural land by Co Rd 306 and the banks of Pumpkin Creek. The map documents a landscape where natural drainage and human planning intersect, maintaining its agricultural character well into the twenty-first century.