2018 Map of Twin Mound

About this map

Twin Mound rises as a distinct topographical landmark within the high plains of Rooks County, serving as the namesake for both the local settlement and the nearby Twin Mound Cem. This 2018 survey reveals a landscape deeply organized by the Public Land Survey System, where a rigid grid of section-line roads, such as T Rd and 23 Rd, dictates the movement across the terrain. Drainage patterns for the region are defined by the winding courses of Medicine Creek and Elm Creek, which cut through the otherwise regular township divisions. For family historians, the presence of small, isolated burial grounds like Johnson Cem and Survey Cem provides essential points of reference for tracing rural lineages in this agricultural section of Kansas, where the distance between homesteads remains a defining characteristic of the land.