2010 Map of Sheridan

About this map

Sheridan anchors this section of Poweshiek County, situated along a landscape defined by its grid of rural roads and winding tributaries. The area is intersected by several watercourses that shaped early local navigation and drainage, including the prominent North Walnut Creek and Walnut Creek flowing eastward, while Big Bear Creek meanders across the southern border. For those researching the area's residents and communal history, both the Sheridan Cemetery and Trinity Cemetery provide permanent geographic records of the township's long-established families. The map illustrates a transition between the more established settlement at Sheridan and the open agricultural lands defined by a strictly organized road system, with routes such as Newburg Rd and 400th St carving the prairie into the characteristic square miles of the Midwestern interior.