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2010 Map of Riverton

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

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Riverton serves as the focal point of this southwestern Iowa landscape, situated at the confluence of the West Nishnabotna River and East Nishnabotna River. The town's grid is centered near the Riverton Post Office, while the surrounding rural countryside is defined by a dense network of sectional roads like Co RD j46 and Co RD l72. The area is notably dense with small family and community burial grounds, providing a significant footprint for genealogical research through sites such as Redd Cemetery, Riverton Cemetery, and Stauch Cemetery.

Waterways like Mill Creek and Ledgewood Creek drain the agricultural lands between the river forks, showing the persistent hydrological patterns of Fremont County. The inclusion of the Riverton Boat Ramp Access highlights the continued importance of the river system for local recreation and access. The map preserves the names of smaller, peripheral sites like the Wesleyan Cemetery and Utterback Cemetery, which ground the 21st-century landscape in its deeper nineteenth-century settlement history.