2018 Map of Allerton

About this map

Corydon and Allerton anchor this survey of southern Wayne County, Iowa, where the headwaters of the Medicine Creek system begin to carve the rolling prairie. The landscape is defined by its agricultural grid, intersected by significant drainage ways like W Jackson Cr and E Fork Medicine Cr. Genealogists will find an exceptional density of rural burial grounds, including Rankin Cem, Richardson Cem, and Shriver Cem, which often serve as the remaining physical evidence of early settlement clusters near former railroad junctions. The small communities of Harvard and Sewal sit along established east-west corridors, while Allerton displays its traditional street plan featuring names like W Maple St and W Spruce St. This map documents a quiet, enduring rural geography where land ownership lines are still heavily influenced by the Public Land Survey System township and range boundaries.