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1951 Map of Perry

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Perry
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

The North Raccoon River and Beaver Creek define the agricultural landscape of this central Iowa region in the early 1950s. The city of Perry serves as a significant rail hub, where the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific meets the Minneapolis and St Louis line. This survey details the rural infrastructure of the era, recording numerous country schools like Prairie View Sch and Lincoln Sch, along with several Inactive Mine sites near Angus that speak to the area's earlier coal mining history.

Rural life is further mapped through localized landmarks such as Graney Bridge and the Perry Airport. Genealogists will find particular value in the distribution of community burial grounds, including Violet Hill Cem and Peoples Cem, scattered across townships like Washington and Beaver. Small villages such as Rippey, Bouton, and Dawson provide anchor points for the surrounding farmsteads linked by a developing road network.