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1935 Map of Keithsburg

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Keithsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Keithsburg and the riverfront towns of western Mercer County dominate this mid-1930s landscape along the Mississippi River. The map reveals a highly developed agricultural interior supported by a dense network of one-room schoolhouses such as Hazel Dell Sch and Belmont Sch, and small religious centers like Daniel Ch. The regional economy is defined by the intersection of water and rail, with the Minneapolis and St Louis RR and the Chicago Burlington and Quincy RR cutting across the prairies to reach river ports.

The terrain transitions from the alluvial bottomlands of Blackhawk Island to the higher elevations of Bald Bluffs in the south. Many small, named settlements like Arpee and Mannon appear alongside numerous rural burial grounds including Davis Cem and Oak Ridge Cem, providing essential details for family history research. This survey also documents the natural drainage systems of Edwards River and Pope Creek before modern agricultural modifications significantly altered the local hydrology.