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2010 Map of Riverside

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

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

The Riverside settlement in Washington County serves as the focal point of this northern Iowa landscape, where the English River joins the Iowa River in a complex of meandering waterways. The town center is well-defined by the Riverside Post Office and nearby communal grounds, including the Riverside Cemetery and Mount Olivet Cemetery. This area reflects a long-standing agricultural and rural social structure, evidenced by the numerous burial grounds distributed across the township.

Beyond the primary town site, the map tracks the smaller locality of Yalton and a grid of rural roads like Tulip Blvd and Old Captains Rd. Genealogists can trace family histories through several outlying sites such as Saint Vincent Cemetery, Kupka Cemetery, and Patterson Cemetery, which are positioned near the banks of Davis Creek and Goose Creek. The confluence of these many creeks and rivers illustrates the natural drainage patterns that shaped local land use and development.