2011 Map of Parnell East

About this map

Parnell and the village of Oxford sit within a landscape defined by the drainage divide between the Platte River and the Grand River in northwestern Missouri. This 2011 survey captures the transition of the rural landscape toward conservation and water management, evidenced by the presence of the Worth County Community Lake and its associated Worth County Community Lake State Recreation Area. Small-scale water control is a recurring theme across the township, seen in features like Ponder Dam and the Platte River Tributaries Watershed Dam 7-B. For genealogists and local historians, the map preserves the location of Watkins Cemetery near the banks of Indian Creek, while a network of secondary routes like Nodaway Worth Rd and Pebble Rd connect the scattered homesteads and agricultural tracts that have long characterized the region.