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2022 Map of Coggon

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Coggon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Coggon stands at the heart of this survey, where the convergence of Buffalo Creek and Heatons Creek defines the local drainage pattern in northern Linn County. The landscape is marked by the meeting point of three counties—Linn, Delaware, and Buchanan—creating a unique tri-county border area north of the main settlement. Several established burial grounds, including Mount Olivet Cemetery and Coggon Cemetery, serve as significant anchors for genealogical research in this rural pocket of Iowa.

Outside of the town center, the small settlement of Robinson appears along the northern reaches of Buffalo Creek. The southwestern corner is touched by the Wapsipinicon River, while the rest of the terrain is subdivided by a grid of named rural routes like Seven Hills Road and Linn-Delaware Road. These roads trace the agricultural divisions between local waterways like Walton Creek and Silver Creek.