Plainville stands as a central hub on the High Plains of Rooks County, anchored by a detailed residential grid including N Broadway St, Wyoming St, and Colorado St. The town's surrounding landscape is defined by the agricultural sections and natural drainages that shape the region's character, most notably Paradise Cr winding south from Plainville Township Lake. The mapping reveals a transition into the more broken terrain near the Rooks Co Ellis Co boundary line. Local history and genealogy interests are represented by the presence of Plainville Cem situated on the eastern edge of the township, while the drainage of Sand Cr marks the southern reaches of the quadrangle where the topography begins to descend toward the Saline River valley just beyond the sheet.
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1896 · Plainville
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1955 · Beloit
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1959 · Beloit
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1969 · Stockton SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1978 · Plainville
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1978 · Plainville SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1978 · Codell
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1978 · Twin Mound
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1978 · Turkville
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1978 · Zurich
USGS Topo · 1:24,000