2015 Map of Parkston SE

About this map

The agricultural grid of Hutchinson County is meticulously defined by a network of local roads including 279th St and 418th Ave. This landscape is marked by the presence of several German-Russian heritage cemeteries, such as Drei Creek Cem and Hoffnungstahl Cem, which offer significant data points for genealogists tracing early prairie families. These sites are often found near the undulating drainage of Lonetree Cr or the branches of Dry Cr, where the terrain begins to break the strict geometry of the section lines. The distribution of Kulm Cem, Friedenfeld Cem, and Bethel Cem across the township suggests the former locations of rural church communities that once anchored the social life of the region's farming population during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.