2015 Map of Fairfield South

About this map

Fairfield and its southern agricultural hinterland unfold across this Jefferson and Van Buren County borderland. The landscape is defined by the winding course of Cedar Creek, which carves through the central terrain, and the smaller Troy Cr and Little Cr watersheds. Local family heritage is preserved in numerous rural burial grounds, including the Gallaher Family Cem and the Clinkenbeard Family Cem. At the southern edge of the survey, the village of Birmingham appears at a crossroads, serving as a hub for the surrounding farmsteads. The presence of the County Poor Farm Cem west of Cedar Creek provides a poignant geographic link to the county's social history and the 19th-century systems of local charity and land-use. The map captures the rectilinear grid of township boundaries, such as t71n r9w, meeting the organic drainage patterns of the Iowa countryside.