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2015 Map of Murray

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

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Murray serves as the central hub of this agricultural landscape in Clarke County, organized by a precise grid of numbered streets and avenues. The settlement's layout, featuring north-south arteries like 130th Ave and 140th Ave, reflects the systematic land divisions of the Public Land Survey System. For genealogists and local historians, the map identifies key burial sites including Murray Cem just south of the main town site and Troy Cem further west, providing essential points of reference for family research.

The surrounding terrain is defined by a dendritic drainage pattern where several significant waterways, such as Squaw Cr and White Breast Cr, carve through the Iowa countryside. These streams, along with others like Sevenmile Cr and S River in the north, dictated the early placement of roads and farmsteads. The transition from the structured streets of the town to the rural township boundaries of t72n r27w illustrates the enduring influence of nineteenth-century surveying on modern Iowa land use.