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2015 Map of Montezuma

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Montezuma
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Montezuma serves as the focal point of this Poweshiek County landscape, centered around its traditional grid of streets like Main St and Front St. The town is flanked by significant local water bodies, including the sprawling Lake Ponderosa to the west and the more compact Diamond Lake to the east. The surrounding countryside is a study in rural cemetery distribution, preserving the names of early family and community burial grounds such as McDonald Cem, McCoy Cem, and Bone Cem.

Evidence of the area's agricultural and township organization is visible in the network of county roads like Co Hwy F77 and Diamond Trail Rd. The landscape is further defined by its natural drainage, with the Deep River and S English River cutting through the terrain. For genealogists, the map provides precise locations for the Masonic IOOF Cem and the Jackson Township Cem right at the edge of the settlement, alongside the Little Mount Baptist Cem located to the southwest.