2012 Map of Russell Springs SE

About this map

The Smoky Hill River meanders across the northern portion of this Logan County landscape, carving a natural break in the otherwise strictly ordered section lines of the High Plains. While many of the secondary roads follow a predictable grid, distinctive local routes such as Indian, Mustang, and Lariat cut across the territory, hinting at an era of ranching and early cross-country travel that predates the standard county road numbering system. Farther south, the road known as Elk serves as one of the few named east-west thoroughfares in this sparsely populated region. This survey, compiled from 2010 imagery and 2012 names data, documents the persistent rural character of the plains where the primary human footprint is found in the naming of these long-stretching dirt and gravel tracks.