Ledyard serves as the primary hub of this northern Iowa agricultural landscape, situated at the intersection of Ledyard Rd and Edmunds St. The community's infrastructure includes a local Po and two distinct burial grounds nearby: Highland Home Cem to the north and Sacred Heart Cem on the town's western edge. The surrounding terrain is defined by a sophisticated water management network essential for prairie farming, featuring the meandering W Br Blue Earth River and engineered waterways like Union Slough Ditch and Drainage Ditch Number 80. To the south, the smaller settlement of Gerled sits along the southern highway corridor. The map preserves the strict section-line grid of rural Kossuth County, with numbered avenues and streets creating a precise framework for the expansive farmsteads that characterize this portion of the Tallgrass Prairie region.
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1954 · Fairmont
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Fairmont
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1967 · Pilot Grove
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1967 · East Chain
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1967 · Elmore
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1972 · German Valley
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1972 · Bancroft
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Ledyard
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Lakota
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1980 · Swea City
USGS Topo · 1:24,000