The N Raccoon River and S Raccoon River converge within this Dallas County landscape, defining the local geography around the county seat of Adel. The city's street grid, including historic routes like Main St and Greene St, extends toward the riverbank near the Adel Bridge. To the south, the community of De Soto sits along the interstate corridor, marked by the De Soto Airport and the crossing at Bulger Creek Bridge. Between these population centers, the terrain is shaped by active land use and recreation, featuring a large industrial Quarry, the KOA Kampgrounds, and a Church Camp along the wooded bends of Panther Cr. The map also captures smaller named localities like Garretville and Kennedy, preserving the late-twentieth-century rural and suburban transition of central Iowa.
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1908 · Waukee
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1949 · Adel
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1951 · Adel
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1951 · St. Charles
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1952 · Winterset
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1954 · Omaha
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Des Moines
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Des Moines
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Des Moines
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Omaha
USGS Topo · 1:250,000