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2015 Map of Virgil

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Virgil
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Virgil serves as the primary hub for this section of Greenwood County, oriented around a grid of streets including Main St, Washington St, and Cherokee St. The town's surrounding agricultural and ranching landscape is defined by the winding course of the Verdigris River and its various tributaries such as Greenhall Cr and West Creek. This rural interior is crisscrossed by a network of township and county roads, reflecting the long-established section-line surveying system common to the Kansas plains.

Local history is preserved at sites like Virgil Cem on the town's edge and the more isolated Pleasant Valley Cem to the south. The presence of Oil Derrick Rd east of the river points to the region's history of petroleum exploration, an industry that often worked in tandem with the local cattle economy. Water resources are plentiful throughout the quadrangle, with drainage flowing through Willow Creek toward the larger river basin.