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1953 Map of Lime City

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Lime City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The settlement of Lime City and the winding course of Sugar Creek anchor this mid-century portrait of Cedar County, Iowa. The landscape reveals a rural society in transition, marked by several defunct educational institutions such as Bolton School and Union School. These sites, along with the Sharon Independent School and White Pigeon School, highlight the dense network of one-room school districts that once structured life across Center, Rochester, and Sugar Creek townships.

Transportation history is visible through the corridor of a Dismantled Railroad cutting through the northern sections, while the local spiritual and social landscape is preserved in the locations of the South Bethel Church and Trinity Church. Numerous family and community landmarks, including the Center Ross Cemetery and Whitmer Cemetery, provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracing the established farmstead patterns along Crooked Creek and Otter Creek.