1956 Map of Malvern

About this map

Malvern serves as the focal point of this mid-century portrait of Mills County, situated at the busy intersection of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Wabash railroads. The landscape is defined by the broad valley of the West Nishnabotna River to the east and Silver Creek to the west. This era reveals a well-distributed network of rural infrastructure, including numerous one-room schoolhouses like Prairie Creek Sch and Wearin Sch that once anchored these farming townships. To the northeast, Hastings sits near the Hastings Cem, while spiritual life in the countryside is marked by St Johns Ch and East Liberty Ch. The map also captures specialized industrial markers of the time, such as the Gaging Sta on Silver Creek, illustrating the sophisticated water and transport management of the 1950s Iowa grain belt.