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1969 Map of Sloan

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Sloan
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Woodbury and Monona county line crosses this stretch of Western Iowa, where the Chicago and North Western railroad dictates the alignment of the region's two primary settlements. The town of Sloan is established at the northern rail junction, while Whiting serves as the southern anchor. The landscape is defined by an extensive drainage system designed to manage the fertile bottomlands, featuring the Farmers Ditch, Mc Candless Ditch, and Cleghorn Ditch.

Natural water features like Badger Lake and Lake Lincoln persist within the Sloan State Wildlife Management Area, providing a contrast to the geometric grid of agricultural sections. For genealogists, the map identifies four distinct burial sites: Sloan Cem, Whiting Cem, Hite Cem, and Clark Cem. The transition from earlier transport to modern infrastructure is evident in the presence of the Sloan Interchange and Whiting Interchange along the primary highway corridor.