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1972 Map of St. Ansgar

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of St. Ansgar
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The Cedar River meanders through the heart of this North Central Iowa landscape, defining the character of St Ansgar and the surrounding townships in the early 1970s. This agricultural region at the Minnesota Iowa border is bisected by a network of railways, including the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific and the Illinois Central Gulf, which supported small elevators and rural communities like Otranto and Toeterville.

Local landmarks reflect the mid-century social fabric, from the Drive-in Theater and Bel-Air Landing Field near the river to numerous family and community burial grounds such as Farley Cem, Priem Cem, and St Peter Cem. The map documents a landscape where industrial activity, shown through scattered quarries and a Gravel Pit, exists alongside established settlements like Lyle and Mona near the northern state line.