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2010 Map of Ivester

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

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Ivester serves as the central point for this agricultural landscape in Grundy County, where a grid of section-line roads like W Home and S Ivester organizes the rural terrain. The area is defined by its drainage patterns, with Wolf Creek and Black Hawk Creek winding across the plains, joined by smaller tributaries including Dowd Creek and Bear Creek.

For local historians and genealogists, the map preserves the locations of several established burial grounds that anchor the farming community, such as Sheller Cemetery to the north and Alice Union Cemetery to the east. The placement of Melrose Cemetery and Benson Cemetery further illustrates the historical distribution of early settlements and family farmsteads in this part of Iowa. The map reflects a landscape almost entirely dedicated to the traditional agricultural grid, with little deviation from the established township and range system.