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2015 Map of Eldon

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Eldon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Eldon serves as the focal point of this survey, situated at a bend in the Des Moines River where the street grid is clearly defined by corridors like W Elm St and Des Moines St. The surrounding countryside is a study in rural Iowa genealogy, marked by numerous small burial grounds including Ellsworth Cem, Gonferman Cem, and Iowaville Cem. These sites, often located at the periphery of farmland, provide a direct link to the early families of Wapello Co and Jefferson Co.

The landscape is deeply etched by the drainage of Soap Creek, Rock Cr, and Stump Cr, which create the undulating terrain between the higher plateaus and the river valley. To the north, the small settlement of Batavia and the village of Ashland anchor the rural road network, which transitions from named local routes like Chief Wapello Rd to the standard section-line grid of the Public Land Survey System.