2010 Map of Berkley

About this map

Berkley serves as the primary settlement center in this section of Boone County, where the landscape is defined by the complex drainage of the Beaver Creek system. The map reveals a strictly organized rural grid of section-line roads, such as 280th St and Deer Ave, which carve the prairie into a productive agricultural pattern. This 2010 survey is particularly useful for genealogists, as it meticulously identifies scattered burial grounds that speak to the area's early Lutheran and pioneer heritage. From the Swede Valley Lutheran Cemetery in the north to Moore Cemetery and Fairview Cemetery further south, these sites indicate the locations of historic rural congregations. The meandering paths of East Beaver Creek and Little Beaver Creek provide a sharp contrast to the rigid geometry of the surrounding farmland, marking the natural breaks in an otherwise disciplined midwestern landscape.