2015 Map of Cleopatra

About this map

Cleopatra and Clinton Center anchor this rural landscape straddling the Iowa-Missouri border. The terrain is defined by a dense network of southward-flowing waterways, most notably Little Medicine Cr and its western counterpart, the W Fork Medicine Cr. This section of the borderlands reflects a sparse settlement pattern dominated by agricultural section lines and a grid of rural roads like Cedar Rd and Aurora Rd. Family and community history is preserved in several small burial grounds scattered across the townships, including Laughlin Cemetery, Wilder Cemetery, and Lowery Cemetery. The map illustrates the persistent 19th-century land divisions of Mercer Co in Missouri and Wayne County in Iowa, showing how the drainage patterns of Little Muddy Cr and Muddy Cr dictated the placement of local thoroughfares and farmsteads.