2015 Map of Grinnell South

About this map

Grinnell serves as the focal point for this section of Poweshiek County, where the sprawling campus of Grinnell Coll and the municipal infrastructure of the Grinnell Regional Airport meet the agricultural lands of central Iowa. The landscape transitions from the gridded streets of the southern city limits into a drainage network defined by the N English River, English Cr, and Little Bear Cr. This transition reveals a history of rural community life preserved in a dense collection of burial grounds, including the Norwegian Lutheran Cem and Hazelwood Cem. Historical transportation routes like Stagecoach Rd and Lang Creek Ave cut across the modern township lines of t80n r16w and t79n r16w, illustrating how early travel ways were integrated into the established section-line road system that still defines the region's movement and property boundaries today.