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2017 Map of Rising City

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

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Rising City serves as the central hub of this agricultural landscape in Butler County, situated along a grid of section-line roads that define the region's topography. The settlement's residential and commercial core is meticulously detailed, showing the layout of streets such as Main St, Hamilton St, and Butler St. The surrounding countryside is drained by the winding N Br Big Blue River, which cuts across the northern and central portions of the map, creating natural breaks in the otherwise geometric farm plots.

Genealogists and local historians will find value in the placement of several community burial grounds, including Circle Mound Cem to the north and Rising Sun Cem to the south. These sites, along with Fairview Cem, mark the generational history of the families who settled this prairie. The western edge of the map follows the Polk Co Butler Co boundary, illustrating how political borders intersect with the physical geography of the Platte River valley watershed.