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2018 Map of Melbourne

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Melbourne
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Melbourne stands at the heart of this central Iowa landscape, where the intersection of Railroad St and Marshalltown Blvd anchors a town plan defined by a structured grid of residential streets like Owen St and 3rd St. The surrounding countryside in Marshall County is dominated by the drainage patterns of the N Skunk River to the southwest and several tributaries, including Snipe Cr and N Timber Cr, which cut through the agricultural sections.

Genealogists will find a high density of burial sites for a rural quadrangle, ranging from the Melbourne Memorial Garden Cem near the town center to the outlying Maple Grove Cem, Logan Cem, and Fairview Cem. The map further documents the smaller settlement of Van Cleve to the east, illustrating a classic Midwestern pattern of small, scattered townships linked by a rigid network of section-line roads like Co Hwy E67.