2022 Map of Nekoma

About this map

Nekoma is the primary settlement on this Rush County landscape, where the prairie topography is defined by the incision of Walnut Cr and its various tributaries. The drainage patterns of Old Maids Fork and Sandy Cr carve the undulating terrain, creating a network of ridges and draws that dictates the rectilinear grid of local roads like CR 175 and Ave Q. This map reveals a community structured around its watercourses and rural burial grounds, including the Union Cem situated on high ground and the Abbey Cem to the west. Further south, the Hope Lutheran Cem near Otter Cr serves as a point of reference for genealogists tracking local families in this agricultural region. The grid of section lines and county roads underscores the enduring township-and-range surveying system that has organized this part of Kansas since its initial settlement.