
Elberon sits at the southern edge of this modern survey, where the grid of Railway St and numbered streets meets the rural expanse of southern Tama County. The landscape is defined by the drainage patterns of Salt Creek and its many tributaries, including E Br Salt Cr and Stein Cr, which carve through the agricultural sections. For those tracing local heritage, several small burial grounds are distributed across the township, including Waltham Cem, Lone Pine Cem, and Twogood Cem. These locations, along with Houghton Cem in the northeast, provide specific points of reference for genealogical research in this prairie region. The map details the modern road network, from local routes like Co Rd E44 to the section-line roads that have governed the area's development for generations, while the flow of Wolf Cr and Prairie Cr continues to shape the low-lying terrain.
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1954 · Waterloo
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Des Moines
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Waterloo
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Des Moines
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Des Moines
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1965 · Keystone South
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Belle Plaine
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Chelsea
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1969 · Des Moines
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1971 · Elberon
USGS Topo · 1:24,000