2013 Map of Holstein

About this map

The town of Holstein serves as the primary hub of this Ida County landscape, where the grid of the northern plains meets the branching drainage systems of the Missouri River watershed. A legacy of German settlement is evident in the street names of the town, including S Hamburg St, S Kiel St, Lubeck St, and German Ave, reflecting the cultural heritage of the early homesteading families. The surrounding rural acreage is defined by a strictly organized road network of avenues and numbered streets like 150th St and Carriage Ave, which frame the meandering paths of Silver Creek and the various branches of Battle Creek. In the southeastern corner, the small impoundment of Grell Pond provides a rare point of standing water amidst a terrain primarily dedicated to intensive agricultural production and the transport corridors of the early 21st century.