2010 Map of Hills

About this map

The Iowa River meanders through this agricultural corridor south of Iowa City, anchoring a landscape shaped by early Johnson County settlements and academic expansion. The town of Hills serves as a central hub, surrounded by smaller locales like Bon Accord, Morfordsville, and the curiously named Seventy Eight. Local history is deeply etched into the land through a high density of family and denominational burial grounds, including the Welsh Cemetery, Saint Stanislaus Cemetery, and Sandtown Cemetery. A notable scientific landmark, the University of Iowa Observatory, sits west of the river along Observatory Ave SW. The drainage network, featuring Old Mans Creek and Dirty Face Creek, illustrates the complex hydrology that influenced the placement of these early crossroads communities and farmsteads.