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1980 Map of Clarence

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of Clarence
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Clarence serves as the primary hub of activity in this eastern Iowa landscape, situated along the prominent Chicago and North Western rail line and the historic Yankee Run route. The surrounding townships of Hale, Oxford, Dayton, and Massillon reveal a late-20th-century rural pattern of dispersed farmsteads and agricultural infrastructure, including a series of community-centric landmarks like Roadside Park and several local quarries.

Family historians will find significant value in the distribution of several rural burial grounds, including Clarence Cem, Pleasant Hill Cem, and Dayton Valley Cem. To the north, the Wapsipinicon River meanders through the terrain, flanked by the Jungletown Public Access and a second rail corridor, the C M St P & P. The map captures the quiet transition of this Cedar County region just as it maintained its traditional rail-and-river geography.