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2016 Map of Parsons East

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Parsons East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Parsons anchors the western edge of this southeastern Kansas landscape, where the prairie transitions into a grid of rural section roads and agricultural tracts. The eastern expansion of the city meets the quiet crossroads of Brownstone and Laneville, illustrating the local settlement patterns of Labette County. Water dominates the physical geography, with the Neosho River winding through the northeast corner and the systems of Labette Creek and Bachelor Creek carving drainage paths across the central and southern plains.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of community burial grounds, including Oakwood Cem near the city and more remote sites like Franklin Cem, Fairview Cem, and Masonic Cem near the settlement of Montana. These locations, alongside named routes like Union Rd and Victory Rd, provide a precise spatial framework for tracing family histories and land tracts as they existed in the mid-2010s.