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1968 Map of Blakesburg

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Blakesburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Blakesburg serves as the primary hub of this 1968 landscape, situated where several roads converge in the eastern portion of the quadrangle. The area's rural character is defined by a network of drainage systems, including Soap Creek and South Avery Creek, which carve through the townships of Mantua, Urbana, and Union. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad cuts diagonally across the terrain, providing a historic transit link for the small settlement of Brompton.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of family and community landmarks, including Union Chapel and several rural burial grounds such as Caldwell Cem, Eslinger Cem, and Trussell Cem. These features, alongside the numerous fine red dashed lines indicating field and fence boundaries, reveal the late 1960s agricultural footprint and land-use patterns across the borders of Wapello, Monroe, and Appanoose counties.