2022 Map of Allerton

About this map

Allerton serves as the primary hub of this southern Iowa landscape, where a grid of rural roads connects scattered agricultural communities and family burial grounds. The township structure is defined by a network of thoroughfares like Idaho and Edison, while the drainage of the land is shaped by the winding paths of W Jackson Cr and Middle Fork Medicine Cr. For genealogists and local historians, the sheet is particularly valuable for its documentation of rural cemeteries including Richardson Chappel Cem, Rankin Cem, and Sturgeon Cem. The map illustrates the transition from the concentrated street plan of the Allerton settlement to the smaller outposts of Harvard and Sewal, providing a clear look at the spatial organization of Wayne County farms and small-town centers during the early twenty-first century.