2010 Map of Lake City

About this map

Lake City anchors the southern portion of this Iowa landscape, where the local street grid is centered around the Lake City Post Office and intersections like W 6th St and S West St. The surrounding terrain is defined by a strictly organized township and range survey system, with a dense network of gravel and paved roads such as Jennings Ave and 350th St carving the prairie into uniform agricultural plots. Cutting diagonally through this rigid grid is Lake Creek, a wandering waterway that provides the only natural irregularity in the region. Near the creek's northern bends, the Lake Creek Cemetery serves as a quiet landmark for local genealogical research. To the north, the small settlement of Sherwood sits at a crossroads, representing the small rural hubs that supported the area's farming economy at the start of the twenty-first century.