2022 Map of Rosserdale

About this map

Rosserdale and Howe anchor this rural Adair County landscape, where the headwaters of several critical Iowa waterways carve through the agricultural tableland. The drainage of the Middle River dominates the northern half of the quadrangle, while the southern reaches are defined by the forks of N Turkey Cr and S Turkey Cr. This 2022 survey reveals a land still heavily shaped by early settlement patterns and family heritage, preserved in the distribution of its burial grounds. Researchers will find several distinct sites, including the Abandoned Timber Cem, Jefferson Cem, and the Loucks Grove Cem. The grid of county roads, such as Co RD g15 and Co RD g27, dictates the modern movement across a terrain that has changed little in its fundamental rural character over the decades.