2009 Map of Rice

About this map

The Republican River meanders across the northern half of this rural Kansas landscape, defining a wide valley of riparian bends and seasonal creek confluences. In the early 21st century, the small agricultural settlement of Rice sits at the center of the sheet, served by the Rice Cemetery nearby. Further south, the communities of Cook and Huscher anchor a grid of rural roads, where the drainage systems of Oak Creek and Plum Creek begin to converge. For genealogists, the map identifies three distinct burial grounds—Gottland Cemetery, Nelson Cemetery, and the cemetery at Rice—offering precise locations for family history research. In the southeastern corner, the Twin Mounds provide a rare topographical landmark in a region otherwise characterized by a systematic network of farm-to-market roads and prairie waterways like Salt Creek.