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2015 Map of Mount Vernon

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Mount Vernon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Mount Vernon serves as the primary hub of this eastern South Dakota landscape, situated along the border of Aurora and Davison Counties. The town is organized around a grid of streets including Tibbetts St, Haynes St, and Lindman St, reflecting its character as a local agricultural and transportation center. The surrounding rural townships, defined by the Public Land Survey System as t103n r63w, t103n r62w, t102n r63w, and t102n r62w, show a transition from settled town blocks to expansive fields dissected by a regular intervals of section-line roads.

Enemy Creek meanders through the southern half of the quadrangle, providing natural drainage for the prairie terrain. Points of local interest for genealogists and researchers include Quaker Cem, located north of the main east-west highway, and Nicolaisen Airport positioned southeast of the town center. This survey documents the intersection of organized municipal life and the systematic division of the Great Plains frontier.