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2013 Map of Farson

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Farson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Farson sits at the northern edge of this Wapello County landscape, where the local street grid including Railway St and George St reflects a small-town layout typical of Iowa's agricultural centers. The surrounding countryside is defined by the drainage basins of Cedar Creek and Little Cedar Creek, which carve winding paths through the sectioned farmland. Rural education and community life are anchored by the sites of Highland School in the northwest and Pleasant Grove School further east, serving the dispersed farmsteads between Dahlonega and the more modern residential patterns near Loch Burns.

Transportation corridors dominate the southern and western portions of the terrain, where Old US Hwy 34 and Old Agency Rd follow historical routes near Sugar Creek. The map documents a sophisticated network of gravel and paved roads, such as Dahlonega Rd and Bladensburg Rd, that have long supported the region's connectivity. Numerous small tributaries like Jordan Creek and Coon Creek break the geometric regularity of the agrarian landscape.