1800s (19th Century) Maps of Scott County, Iowa

1. 1890 Map of Durant

   

   1890 Durant

   1890 Print · USGS

   Eastern Iowa's rail-dependent farming communities are documented in the late nineteenth century as the grid of townships began to mature. Genealogists and historians can trace the early footprints of Durant, Walcott, and the remote Round Grove P.O. along established rail lines.

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4. 1891 Map of DeWitt

   

   1891 DeWitt

   1891 Print · USGS

   Clinton County is shown here during the peak of its railroad expansion in the late nineteenth century. Researchers can trace the development of De Witt and find early platted details for Delmar, Elwood, and the junction at Grand Mound.

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7. 1891 Map of Davenport

   

   1891 Davenport

   1891 Print · USGS

   Iowa's riverfront and rolling prairie townships are captured here during a period of rapid railroad expansion in the late nineteenth century. Trace early land tracts and rail junctions like Eldridge Junction or locate landmarks such as Green Tree Tavern and Maysville.

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10. 1892 Map of Wheatland

    

    1892 Wheatland

    1892 Print · USGS

    Eastern Iowa in the late nineteenth century was a landscape of burgeoning rail towns and river settlements. Genealogists and historians can trace early property boundaries and rail corridors through Wheatland, the winding Wapsipinicon River, and the curiously named Lost Nation.

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13. 1892 Map of Goose Lake

    

    1892 Goose Lake

    1892 Print · USGS

    Clinton County thrived at the end of the nineteenth century as a hub of river commerce and expanding rail lines. Genealogists and local historians can trace the early development of Camanche on the Mississippi River or the inland rail stops of Charlotte and Low Moor.

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16. 1892 Map of Leclaire

    

    1892 Leclaire

    1892 Print · USGS

    The Mississippi River border between Iowa and Illinois comes alive in the 1890s, before modern locks reshaped the shoreline. Genealogists and historians can trace riverside settlements like Leclaire, Port Byron, and the railroad junction at Watertown.

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19. 1893 Map of Leclaire

    

    1893 Leclaire

    1893 Print · USGS

    The riverfronts of Scott County and Rock Island County thrived in the late nineteenth century as vital hubs for steamboats and steam rail. Researchers can trace the early grids of Leclaire, Port Byron, and Valley City alongside the sprawling banks of the Mississippi River.

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22. 1894 Map of Wheatland

    

    1894 Wheatland

    1894 Print · USGS

    Clinton and Jones counties thrived along the river and rail corridors of the 1890s. Genealogists can trace the early development of Oxford Junction and Wheatland, or locate old mill sites near Oxford Mills and Massillon.

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25. 1894 Map of Durant

    

    1894 Durant

    1894 Print · USGS

    Agricultural towns and pioneering rail lines define this Iowa landscape in the 1890s. Family historians can trace early settlements and transit hubs from Durant and Walcott to the rural Round Grove P.O. and Pleasant Prairie.

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28. 1894 Map of Goose Lake

    

    1894 Goose Lake

    1894 Print · USGS

    Clinton County and the banks of the Mississippi are shown here in the 1890s as the railroad and river trade defined local growth. Researchers can trace the original footprints of settlements like Charlotte, Low Moor, and the river landing at Camanche.

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31. 1894 Map of Davenport

    

    1894 Davenport

    1894 Print · USGS

    Davenport and the surrounding Scott County prairies come alive in this late nineteenth-century survey of the Mississippi River front. Researchers can trace the early rail networks through Eldridge Junction and locate vanished landmarks like Green Tree Tavern and Gilbertown.

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34. 1899 Map of Clinton

    

    1899 Clinton

    1899 Print · USGS

    The Mississippi River valley comes alive in the late 1890s, capturing the river-and-rail economy of Iowa and Illinois before modern channelization. Genealogists and historians can trace early townships and river landings, finding precise locations for Low Moor, Folletts, and Pink Prairie.

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