2011 Map of Fairview

About this map

Hudson and Fairview anchor this survey along the winding border between South Dakota and Iowa. The Big Sioux River creates a serpentine boundary through the center of the sheet, joined in the south by the Rock River and Pattee Creek. The landscape is defined by a rigorous grid of section-line roads, including Cherry Ave and 300th St, which connect small communities to the surrounding farmland. Genealogists will find several burial sites noted across the rural townships, from the Eden Cemetery near Hudson to the more remote Bragstad Family Cemetery and Sioux Cemetery in the north. The proximity of these two rivers and their floodplains highlights the importance of the river-valley topography in shaping the regional settlement pattern and road network.