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1965 Map of Mt Vernon

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Mt Vernon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Mt Vernon and the neighboring community of Lisbon serve as the cultural and economic anchors for this mid-1960s Iowa landscape. At the heart of the settlement is the hilltop campus of Cornell College, situated just north of the Chicago and North Western rail line. The presence of Washington Sch and several local institutions indicates a stable, maturing community during the mid-century period.

To the south and west, the landscape is defined by the winding course of the Cedar River, which borders the wooded grounds of Palisades-Kepler State Park. Beyond the town centers, the map documents an active agricultural and extractive economy, marked by numerous Quarries and the Sandpit along the river banks. Smaller rural landmarks such as Mt Zion Ch and the Abbe Creek Cem provide essential geographic markers for genealogists and local historians studying the rural township structure of Linn and Franklin.