Loading map...

2010 Map of Fowler

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Fowler
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Fowler stands as the central hub of this Benton County landscape, where the grid of E Main St and surrounding residential blocks meet the diagonal rail and highway corridor. The surrounding prairie is defined by a sophisticated drainage network essential to local agriculture, featuring Humbert Ditch, Wattles Ditch, and Seamons Ditch which feed into Mud Pine Creek. Small outlying settlements such as Barce, Swanington, and Chase punctuate the grid, often positioned at key transit junctions or along the sprawling creek beds.

Genealogists will find several significant burial sites documented, including Perigo Cemetery near the banks of the creek and Boswell Cemetery to the west. On the southern edge of the survey, Oxford and its namesake Oxford Cemetery appear alongside Fargo, showing the continued significance of these community centers. The map illustrates a rural environment shaped by the intersection of natural waterways like Goose Creek and a rigid township road system.