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2019 Map of Swiss Alp

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Swiss Alp
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Freyburg and Swiss Alp anchor this agricultural landscape in Fayette County, where the upper reaches of the E Navidad River and W Navidad River begin their descent. The map reveals a pattern of dispersed rural settlements, including O'Quinn and Hostyn, connected by a network of farm-to-market roads and family-named routes like Abbotts Grove School Rd.

Genealogists will find significant value in the documentation of local burial grounds, such as Kaase Cem, Cedar Cem, and Williams Creek Cem, which are often the primary remaining physical markers of nineteenth-century farm communities. The topography is defined by numerous drainage branches including O'Quinn Br, Iron Ore Br, and Bullfrog Br, which feed into the larger river systems and the small reservoir at Lake El-Leo.