Loading map...

2010 Map of Boxholm

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Boxholm
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Boxholm and the surrounding farmland of Boone County reflect a deeply rooted agricultural and cultural heritage in this early 21st-century survey. The presence of the Swedish Lutheran Church and its accompanying Swedish Lutheran Church Cemetery serves as a clear marker of the Scandinavian immigrant groups that settled the Iowa prairie. This community identity is further reinforced by the network of family and community burial grounds scattered across the landscape, including Lawn Cemetery, Union Cemetery, and Renner Cemetery.

The terrain is defined by engineered and natural waterways, from the strictly channeled Drainage Ditch Number 107 to the meandering courses of Middle Beaver Creek and Bluff Creek. To the southeast, the landscape transitions from the grid-iron road system of the north toward a more recreational character near Wolf, where Don Williams Lake and the Don Williams Golf Course provide a community anchor. Small-town hubs like Pilot Mound remain vital nodes in this rural grid, maintaining their identity through local landmarks such as the Pilot Mound Post Office.