2019 Map of Eitzen

About this map

Eitzen sits at the southern edge of this landscape, just north of Stateline Dr State Line Rd where Houston County meets the Iowa border. The terrain is defined by a dense network of high ridges and deep valleys, including Murphy Ridge and Jefferson Ridge to the north, and the curiously named New Yorker Hollow in the southeast. This geography dictated early settlement and travel patterns, with roads like Cabbage Ridge Dr following the high ground above the drainage of Winnebago Cr. For family historians, the area is rich with small burial grounds such as Saint Lukes Cem, Portland Prairie Cem, and Steele Cem, reflecting the scattered rural communities and church parishes like Portland Prairie that characterized this border region in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.