1980 Map of Laurel

About this map

The agrarian landscape of Jefferson and Greene townships is defined by the branching tributaries of Timber Creek, which carve through the Iowa countryside south of the Marshalltown corporation boundary. At this time in the late 1970s, the rail network shows a transition in progress, featuring the active Chicago and North Western line passing through Luray while the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad Grade is noted through Haverhill. Local history is preserved in a dense network of rural burial sites and landmarks, including the Immaculate Conception Cem (St John Ch) and the Methodist Cem. The town of Laurel serves as a southern anchor for the quadrangle, positioned near the Graceland Cem and the local Waterworks, illustrating a stable pattern of mid-century Midwestern settlement and infrastructure.