1979 Map of Gilmore City

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Gilmore City straddles the county line at the junction of several townships in this late 1970s survey. The landscape is defined by the heavy infrastructure of the Chicago and North Western railroad, which cuts diagonally across the prairie toward the small settlement of Pioneer. This era reflects a balance between the agricultural grid and localized industrial activity, evidenced by several Quarry operations near the town and the St Johns Cem north of the residential center. Natural features include the winding North Branch Lizard Creek and the recreational grounds of Lizard Lake County Park in the southwest. Genealogists can locate family sites at Marble Valley Cem and trace the drainage patterns of Indian Cr and Deer Creek, illustrating how the settlers managed the hydrology of the Iowa plains.