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1956 Map of Murray

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Murray
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Murray and the surrounding agricultural landscape of Cass County are defined by a dense network of rural infrastructure and family-named landmarks. The topography is shaped by the drainage systems of Eightmile Creek, Fourmile Creek, and Rock Creek, which cut through the uplands before nearing the Missouri River valley. The Missouri Pacific railroad serves as a central north-south spine, connecting the village of Mynard with the southern edge of Plattsmouth.

Genealogists and local historians can find a remarkable concentration of one-room schoolhouses and community burial grounds throughout the quadrangle. Early education centers such as Little Brick Sch and Eightmile Grove Sch are preserved alongside family and church cemeteries like Horning Cem and Otterbein Cem. Later 20th-century developments, including the Plattsmouth Municipal Airport and the Community Hall in the south, illustrate the continued evolution of this prairie settlement pattern from its mid-century roots.