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2012 Map of Alcester NE

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Alcester NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Moe stands as a quiet locus in this agricultural section of the Iowa and South Dakota borderlands during the early twenty-first century. The landscape is primarily defined by the precision of the section-line road grid, including 480th Ave and 290th St, which segment the rolling plains. This rigid geometry is softened only by the meandering paths of local waterways like Sargeant Cr, Pattee Cr, and E Brule Cr.

Genealogists and local historians can locate established community landmarks that survived into the modern era, such as Bethany Cem and North Trinity Cem. These sites, along with the cluster of buildings at Moe, provide tangible links to the area's rural heritage. The map documents the persistent nature of this prairie settlement pattern, where small rural hubs and family cemeteries remained significant long after the initial homesteading era.