1979 Map of Buckeye West

About this map

Buckeye serves as a primary rail hub in this portion of Hardin County, situated at the intersection of the Chicago and North Western line. The landscape is defined by the meandering course of the South Fork Iowa River as it passes near the Buckeye Cem and the Flowing Well County Park. The map captures a quintessential mid-century Iowa agricultural layout, where the surveyor noted local watercourses like Tipton Creek and the New York Branch that cut through the townships of Alden and Buckeye. To the north, the small settlement of Wilke sits along the northern rail corridor, surrounded by a network of section roads and scattered Gravel Pits that supported the local infrastructure of the late 1970s.