2010 Map of Saude

About this map

Reilly Settlement and the small community of Saude define this agricultural landscape in northeastern Iowa. The area is marked by a deep-rooted Lutheran and Catholic heritage, evidenced by the clustered burial grounds and communal gathering places such as Saude Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart Cemetery, and Bethany Hall. The terrain is drained by the meandering course of Little Turkey Creek, which flows southeast toward its confluence with the Little Turkey River near the hamlet of Zillo. A grid of section-line roads, including Ridgeway Ave and 140th St, organizes the territory, connecting isolated farmsteads and rural institutions like the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery and Yankee Cemetery. This map documents a stable rural geography where family names on road signs and churchyards preserve the nineteenth-century settlement patterns well into the modern era.