Kansas Rural Communities, A Study of Nemaha County

Excerpts: This study of community organization was undertaken as an integral part of a larger social study requested by the County Land-use Planning Committee of Nemaha County. Nemaha County is characterized by a variety of cultural, nationality, religious and socio-economic groups. The recognition of these natural groupings had already been found necessary and important in the county planning program. In addition, the county is fairly representative of the northeastern portion of the State of Kansas. Finally, the study was undertaken in Nemaha County as a means of applying and testing simple procedures which might be followed by agricultural workers or by farm people themselves in mapping neighborhoods and communities in other counties in the State.

研究节选：本社区组织研究系内马哈县（Nemaha County）土地利用规划委员会委托开展的一项大型社会研究的核心组成部分。该县拥有多元的文化、族裔、宗教与社会经济群体。在该县的规划工作中，识别这类自然形成的群体已被证实为必要且关键的环节。此外，该县地处堪萨斯州（Kansas）东北部，具有较强的区域典型性。最后，本次研究选定内马哈县作为实施地，旨在应用并检验一套简易操作流程——该流程可供农业从业者或农场主自行参照实施，用于绘制该州其他县域的街区与社区分布图。