2012 Map of Yates Center SE

About this map

Cookville occupies a central position in this rural Woodson County landscape, where the agricultural grid meets a complex network of prairie streams. The terrain is defined by the winding course of Owl Cr, its southern fork S Owl Cr, and other waterways like Otter Springs Cr and Bloody Run. These creeks historically dictated the placement of family and community landmarks, evidenced by the numerous burial sites scattered across the township including Saint Mary's Cem, Skeeters Cem, and Linder Cem. In the southern portion of the quadrangle, the Rose Oil Field points to the region's historical and ongoing ties to petroleum extraction, providing a clear contrast to the surrounding section-line roads and farmsteads. The intersection of these natural drainage patterns and the strict road grid illustrates the late-20th and early-21st-century development of Kansas's rural interior.