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2019 Map of Rensselaer

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Rensselaer
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Rensselaer serves as the central hub of this Jasper County landscape, situated along the winding path of the Iroquois River. The town's grid expands toward the Jasper County Airport and the nearby community of Collegeville to the south. This 2019 survey documents a region defined by its sophisticated drainage network, where natural waterways like Slough Creek and Carpenter Creek are augmented by man-made channels such as Yeoman Ditch and Prouty Ditch to manage the low-lying terrain.

For genealogists and local historians, several burial grounds provide important spatial context for the area's families, including the Sayler Makeever Cem north of town and Memory Gardens Cem to the west. Within the city limits, Weston Cem and Mount Calvary Cem mark significant historical sites. The map clearly delineates the transition from the concentrated residential streets of the county seat to the sprawling agricultural tracts of the surrounding townships.