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2017 Map of Plattsburg

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Plattsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Plattsburg serves as the central hub of this Clinton County landscape, where a dense grid of streets meets the winding course of the Little Platte River. The town is characterized by its numerous historic burial grounds, including Greenlawn Cem, Calvary Cem, and Mount Washington Cem, which provide a significant record of local lineage. To the north, the Plattsburg Airpark and the Plattsburg Old Reservoir mark the transition from the residential center to the surrounding agricultural prairie.

Outlying settlements like Wexford and Westbridge dot the periphery, connected by an extensive network of county roads that follow the section lines of the Public Land Survey System. The terrain is defined by its drainages, such as Horse Fork and Grindstone Cr, which feed into larger water bodies like the Trimble Wildlife Lake in the southwest. This geography illustrates a late-20th-century Midwestern landscape where water management and aviation infrastructure integrated into a traditional rural township structure.