2015 Map of Castalia

About this map

The Turkey River winds through the southern reaches of this Northeast Iowa landscape, where the town of Clermont is established along its banks. To the north, the smaller settlement of Castalia sits at the junction of several county roads, serving as a hub for the surrounding agricultural plateau. This 2015 survey illustrates a rural landscape defined by a dense network of creek valleys, including Quinn Cr, Fitzgerald Cr, and Nutting Cr, which have carved intricate topography into the Fayette and Winneshiek county borderlands. Family and community history is preserved in several rural burial grounds such as Bloomfield Cem and Pleasant View Cem near Castalia, as well as Nutting Cem and Saint Peters Cem further south. The map documents the enduring section-line road grid that connects these isolated homesteads and cemeteries to the river-oriented life in the valley below.