2010 Map of Lourdes

About this map

Turkey River and its West Branch Turkey River snake through this section of Howard County, defining a landscape of agricultural plots and rural road grids. The settlement of Lourdes serves as a local focal point near the southern edge of the sheet, anchored by the Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery. This area reflects the mid-continental township-and-range surveying system, where roads like Lourdes Rd and Kent Ave follow section lines to connect isolated farmsteads and small communities. To the north, Davis Corners marks a key intersection along the primary thoroughfare. The map captures the quiet, persistent geometry of Iowa’s farming country, where nearly every mile is accounted for by a named road or a stream drainage, illustrating the organized settlement pattern of the early twenty-first century.