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2009 Map of Washington

Name: 2009 Topographic Map of Washington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2009
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2009

About this map

Washington serves as the central hub of this North Central Kansas landscape, defined by a grid of rural roads and the winding path of Mill Creek. The settlement's layout is meticulously detailed, showing the residential blocks between N D St and N B St, leading toward the Washington Municipal Airport on the eastern edge. For genealogists, the map is particularly valuable for its documentation of several burial grounds scattered throughout the township, including the Washington Cemetery south of town and the more distant Emmons Cemetery near the small community of Emmons in the northeast.

The terrain is shaped by a network of waterways like Ash Creek, Plum Creek, and Camp Creek, which feed into the primary valley. Infrastructure projects such as the Washington Water Reservoir Dam indicate the local management of these water resources. The surrounding agricultural sections are connected by a system of numbered and named routes, from Sunflower Rd to 17th Rd, illustrating the organized land division typical of the Great Plains.