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2015 Map of Ivester

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Ivester
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Ivester sits at the center of this rural landscape in Grundy County, surrounded by a precise grid of agricultural roads and section lines. The terrain is defined by a dense network of small waterways, including Wolf Cr and Black Hawk Cr, which drain the rolling farmland. These creeks, along with Dowd Cr and Cedar Cr, historically dictated the placement of early farmsteads and rural infrastructure in the region.

For genealogists and local historians, several established burial grounds are preserved across the landscape, such as Sheller Cem and Melrose Cem. These sites, along with Alice Union Cem and Benson Cem near the town of Whitten, provide vital spatial context for nineteenth and twentieth-century family records. The map reflects a landscape deeply rooted in its township and range structure, visible in the boundaries of t87n r18w and t87n r17w.