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1956 Map of Council Bluffs North

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Council Bluffs North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The northern reaches of Council Bluffs emerge at the base of the loess hills, where the city's residential grid meets the rugged terrain of Kane and Garner. This mid-century landscape is dense with community infrastructure, featuring a significant concentration of local schools such as Lincoln High Sch, Harrison Sch, and the Roosevelt Sch. The urban development is framed by large recreational spaces like Fairmount Park and Big Lake Park, which sits adjacent to Iowa Lake near the western levee system.

Beyond the city limits, the map reveals a rural network defined by creek valleys and small rural schoolhouses like School No 9 and School No 8. Transport is dominated by the rail corridors of the Chicago and North Western and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific, which follow the flat topography of the Missouri River bottomlands and the winding path of Mosquito Creek. Several family and community burial grounds, including Walnut Hill Cem and Evans Cem, provide valuable landmarks for genealogical research.