1982 Map of Menlo

About this map

The town of Menlo anchors this Guthrie County landscape, situated at a key intersection of agricultural transport and regional topography in the early 1980s. The town sits along the Iowa Railroad, while just north, an Old Railroad Grade hints at earlier transportation networks that once linked the settlement of Glendon to the wider region. The area is defined by a dense network of watercourses, including the South Raccoon River at the northern edge and the Middle River and North River to the south. Local history is grounded in sites like Rosehill Cem, while the terrain is organized into civil divisions such as Beaver, Thompson, and Walnut. This map details the rural character of the Guthrie and Adair county border before major modern infrastructure changes, preserving the locations of smaller drainage features like Deer Creek and South Branch Beaver Creek.