2010 Map of Adel NW

About this map

The settlement of Brough occupies the northwestern corner of this Linn Township landscape, an area defined by the headwaters and drainage of the West Branch Panther Creek. The map reveals a strictly regulated agricultural grid, where rural life follows the intersection of roads like F Ave and 220th St. Central to the community's history is the West Linn Cemetery, situated near the banks of Mosquito Creek in the southwest. This hydrological network is further modified by engineered drainage features like Ditch Number 4 and Ditch Number 41, illustrating how the natural prairie terrain has been adapted for intensive cultivation. The placement of these cemeteries and named creek branches provides essential geographic anchors for those tracing family history or early land use in Dallas County.