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2022 Map of Farmington

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Farmington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The Des Moines River cuts through the southwestern corner of this landscape, anchoring the historic settlement of Farmington. This riverfront community is defined by a grid of streets including Front ST, State ST, and Maiden LN. The surrounding terrain transitions into the agricultural uplands of Van Buren and Lee counties, where small communities like Primrose and Sharon sit amidst a network of drainage ways such as Sugar Creek and Little Sugar Creek.

Genealogists will find a high density of small family and community burial grounds, including the Kennedy Farm Cemetery, H Banta Grounds Cemetery, and Reid Farm Cemetery. The southern portion of the map is dominated by public land use, specifically the Shimek Forest Trails Trail which winds through the timber near Shimek Forest Pond Two. This modern survey documents the persistent rural character of southeastern Iowa, where 19th-century settlement patterns remain visible in the placement of numerous country cemeteries and isolated farmsteads.