2018 Map of Rosserdale

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Middle River and its numerous tributaries, including N Turkey Cr and S Turkey Cr, carve a complex drainage pattern across this section of Adair County. The landscape is defined by its agricultural grid, yet it retains significant markers of early settlement history through its many burial sites. Genealogists will find several distinct locations, ranging from the Abandoned Timber Cem in the northwest to the Grove Center Cem in the south. The small communities of Rosserdale and Howe serve as local anchors along the secondary road network, connected by routes like Co RD g27. While the northern edge is clipped by a major expressway, the interior remains focused on the creek valleys and the ridges between North River and the Tuskegee drainage, reflecting a rural Iowa landscape largely unchanged in its fundamental layout since the early twentieth century.