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2022 Map of Trenton

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Trenton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The Saline River meanders across this rural Kansas landscape, defining the character of the borderlands between Saline and Ottawa counties. Small, distinct communities like Trenton, Shipton, and Marydel appear as quiet clusters of settlement connected by a rigorous grid of section-line roads, such as N 110th Rd and Buffalo Rd. The presence of several family or community burial grounds, including Crown Point Cem, Walnut Grove Cem, and Shiloh Cem, provides essential points of reference for genealogists and local historians tracing the heritage of these prairie townships.

Water management and recreation are central to the terrain, anchored by Saline County State Lake and the nearby Wary Lake. The map reveals the infrastructure of the central plains, where aviation at Burger's Valley Airport and the north-south transit corridor of the modern highway system intersect with older patterns of agricultural land use. This survey documents the persistence of small-scale rural centers even as the surrounding landscape remains dedicated to large-scale cultivation.