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2010 Map of Orient

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Orient
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

The town of Orient serves as the central hub of this agricultural landscape in southwest Iowa, situated near the headwaters of the East Nodaway River. The town's grid is complemented by the Orient Cemetery to the north and the nearby Lake Orient recreation area, which is held by the Henry E Wallace Dam. This survey captures a region defined by its productive section-line road network, including notable routes such as Marion Ave and Adair-Union Ave, which partition the rolling drainage basins of Shanghai Creek and Threemile Creek.

Outlying settlements like Nevinville in the southwest and Spaulding in the southeast underscore the dispersed rural character of the era. Genealogists may find value in the precise location of the Prairie Lawn Cemetery near the eastern border, while the drainage patterns of the Platte River and the East Fork East Nodaway River illustrate the natural topography that dictated the placement of these early 21st-century farms and homesteads.