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2022 Map of Kingston

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Kingston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Kingston sits on the bluffs overlooking the wide floodplains of the Mississippi River, where the landscape shifts from the rolling upland divides of Des Moines County to the intricate network of islands and sloughs along the Illinois border. This 2022 survey captures a rural environment defined by generations of land use, visible in the high density of small family burial grounds and churchyards such as the Driskell Family Cem, Hukill Farm Cem, and the Hinson Family Plot.

The presence of the Chief Tama Grave in the south near Otter Slough points to the deeper indigenous history of this river corridor. To the west, the settlement of Latty and the Pegtown Airport anchor the agricultural uplands, which are drained by Yellow Spring Cr and Dolbee Cr. The map provides a contemporary view of these traditional Iowa townships before the river reaches Big Dasher Island and flows into the Swift Slough complex.