2010 Map of Salina

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Germanville and Salina anchor this agrarian landscape in Jefferson County, where a dense network of local cemeteries reveals the heritage of nineteenth-century European settlement. The map documents an area defined by its small rural crossroads and the winding tributaries of Walnut Creek, including Rocky Branch and Turkey Creek. For genealogists, the sheer concentration of burial sites is remarkable, ranging from the Polishville Cemetery in the north to the cluster of Swedish heritage sites in the south, such as the New Sweden Baptist Cemetery and New Sweden Lutheran Cemetery. The transition from the established community at Four Corners to the rail-adjacent settlement of Beckwith illustrates the historical importance of local road and stream networks. Between the drainage basins of Brush Creek and Wolf Creek, this survey provides a precise layout of the county's section-line roads and the family-named landmarks that have persisted through generations of Iowa farming.