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2010 Map of Brownsdale

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

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Brownsdale serves as the primary hub of this Mower County landscape, appearing here as it was organized at the start of the 21st century. The town is anchored by the Brownsdale Post Office, while the surrounding prairie is defined by a grid of rural roads and a collection of family and church-affiliated burial grounds. These sites, including Greenwood Cemetery, Brown Cemetery, and Tanner Cemetery, provide significant data points for genealogists tracing the early settlement patterns of the region.

The hydrological network of the area is shaped by several meandering waterways, most notably Rose Creek, which flows southeast toward the Little Cedar River. Smaller tributaries like Wolf Creek and Dobbins Creek carve through the agricultural sections. Farther east, the small settlement of Renova sits near the map's edge, while recreation is represented by the Beaver Trails Campground, situated near where the modern highway corridor intersects the natural course of the creeks.