
Lime City and the small crossroads of Centerville anchor this portion of Cedar County, where the landscape is defined by the winding paths of Sugar Creek and Crooked Creek. The map reveals a high density of rural burial grounds, suggesting a long history of family homesteads and early pioneer settlements. Notable sites for genealogical research include Bradley Cemetery, South Bethel Cemetery, and Ochiltree Cemetery, alongside the Sugar Creek Church Cemetery. These landmarks are connected by a grid of rural roads like Monroe Road and Maurer Spicer Avenue that navigate around local water features such as Koch Lake and the Cedar Lakes. The geography illustrates a late 20th and early 21st-century rural Iowa landscape where small clusters of habitation persist among established agricultural sections and wooded creek beds.
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1889 · Tipton
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1890 · Durant
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1890 · Tipton
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1891 · Wilton Junction
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1892 · Wheatland
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1894 · Wheatland
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1894 · Durant
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1901 · Rock Island
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1901 · Stanwood
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1910 · Rock Island
USGS Topo · 1:125,000