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2009 Map of West of Eminence Cemetery

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

USGS Topo · Published 2009

About this map

Finney County’s section-line landscape is defined by an orderly grid of rural routes that facilitate movement through this agricultural region. The network is anchored by north-south thoroughfares like N Mennonite Rd and its smaller counterpart, N Little Mennonite Rd. These road names hint at the cultural heritage and family lineages that established the farming infrastructure of this portion of Kansas.

The landscape is further subdivided by east-west arteries including E Mead Rd, E Gano Rd, and E Wiebe Rd. The map illustrates a high degree of land management, where established corridors such as E Tennis Rd and E Barlow Rd connect isolated farmsteads to the wider transport network of the plains. This 2009 survey by the U.S. Geological Survey provides a precise view of the rural spatial organization before significant modernization altered the traditional grid.