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1973 Map of Anamosa NE

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Anamosa NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Agricultural lands and rolling stream valleys define this northeast corner of Jones County in the early 1970s. The landscape is bisected by the winding course of Buffalo Creek and Deer Creek, showing a pattern of dispersed rural settlement centered around local community hubs. Townhall and the Cass Center Ch serve the southern townships, while the northern boundary features SS Peter & Paul Ch and the adjacent Prairie Hill Cem.

Transportation history is clearly etched into the terrain, contrasting the active Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific line in the southeast with an Old Railroad Grade further west near Helmer Creek. The presence of the State Penal Farm near the southern edge and scattered Quarry sites indicates the institutional and industrial uses of the land alongside traditional family farming. This survey provides a precise record of the road network and property boundaries as they existed before late-20th-century consolidation.