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1943 Map of Coin

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Coin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

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The Iowa-Missouri border bisects this 1940s landscape, where small rural townships are anchored by a dense network of country schools and remote rail stops. Two major rail lines of the era, the Wabash and the Burlington Chicago and Quincy, serve the border communities of Blanchard, Braddyville, Elmo, and Clearmont. This survey captures the region before mid-century school consolidation, preserving the locations of numerous district schoolhouses such as Hazel Grove Sch, Mt Tabor Sch, Eureka Sch, and White Lily Sch.

Genealogists can locate family burial sites at High Prairie Cem and Six Corners Cem. The terrain is defined by the drainages of the Tarkio River and the Nodaway River, with the latter joined by smaller tributaries like Sink Creek and Wolf Creek. A significant portion of the northern Iowa section remains marked as an Unsurveyed Area, contrasting with the finely detailed topography of the settled river valleys to the south.