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2021 Map of Rising City

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Rising City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Rising City serves as the primary hub of this eastern Nebraska landscape, situated near the headwaters of the N Br Big Blue River. The grid of the settlement is defined by local thoroughfares such as Main St, Elm St, and Butler St, reflecting a traditional Midwestern rail-and-road orientation. The surrounding countryside is primarily organized by a rigid section-line road system, including RD 32 and RD 31, which underscores the deep-rooted agricultural structure of Butler County.

Genealogists and local historians can locate several significant burial grounds outside the town limits, including Circle Mound Cem and Fairview Cem to the north, and Rising Sun Cem to the south. These sites, along with the Polk Co Butler Co boundary line to the west, provide essential markers for tracing family lands and early rural community centers in this portion of the Platte River valley region.