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2010 Map of Hopkinton West

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

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

The Maquoketa River winds along the eastern boundary of this survey, where the western outskirts of Hopkinton meet a landscape defined by rolling agricultural tracts and a network of named waterways. Several small rural communities anchor the township corners, including Uniontown in the northwest and Argand to the south. The area’s history is preserved at sites like Buck Creek Cemetery and Grove Creek Cemetery, which serve as permanent records of the early families who settled this fertile stretch of Iowa.

Water plays a central role in the topography, with numerous tributaries such as Buck Creek, Lime Creek, and Silver Creek carving through the prairie. The map detail highlights a transition between these riparian corridors and the modern road grid, which follows county lines like the Jones-Delaware Rd and Linn-Jones Rd. Settlement patterns reflect a lineage of rural development at Castle Grove and the namesake Buck Creek community, where residential clusters formed around the intersection of water and soil.