2009 Map of Reserve

About this map

Walnut Creek and its various tributaries, including Terrapin Creek and Euchre Creek, carve through the agricultural landscape of northern Brown County along the Kansas-Nebraska border. The small settlements of Reserve and Padonia serve as focal points for this rural community, situated amidst a dense grid of named country roads such as Jack Rabbit Rd and Killdeer Rd. This 2009 survey highlights a classic Midwestern land-use pattern where the rectilinear township and range system dictates the placement of nearly every road and property boundary, occasionally interrupted by the winding paths of Spring Branch and the steady diagonal of the primary highway. Near the southern edge, the Hiawatha Municipal Airport and Hart Cemetery provide important local landmarks for genealogists and regional researchers documenting this portion of the Great Plains.