2009 Map of Portis NW

About this map

Custer Cemetery and Bell Cemetery sit among the section-line roads of north-central Kansas, serving as quiet markers of rural heritage in Smith County. This landscape is defined by its drainage patterns, where small waterways like Monkey Run and Dry Creek feed into the larger creek systems. The geography reveals a distinct divide between the West Branch Twelvemile Creek and the East Branch Twelvemile Creek, which converge as they flow southward. Near the southern edge, Twelvemile Cemetery anchors a sparsely populated region where the infrastructure is largely limited to unpaved county roads like Co RD 1060. The map illustrates a contemporary agricultural grid that maintains the same cadastral boundaries established in the nineteenth century, preserving a sense of place for family researchers and local historians.