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2010 Map of Clarinda North

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

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Clarinda and the surrounding agricultural uplands of Page County are defined by a grid of rural roads and numerous legacy burial sites. The landscape is bisected by several key watercourses, including the West Nodaway River and Snake Creek, while the presence of the State Hospital Cemetery and Clarinda Cemetery at the southern edge of the sheet reflects the town's historical institutional and civic development.

Small rural clusters like Bethesda and Hepburn serve as anchors in the northwestern and northeastern corners, respectively. The map reveals the sophisticated drainage and land management of the era, visible in features such as Ditch Number 10. For genealogists, the distribution of named cemeteries such as the Immanual Lutheran Cemetery and Rose Hill Cemetery provides vital clues to the early settlement patterns and community nodes that persist across this part of southwest Iowa.