The North Raccoon River meanders through this agricultural landscape in Buena Vista County, shaping a terrain defined by its water management and section-line road network. This 2010 survey illustrates the organized drainage of the Iowa prairie, where modern channels like Lateral No 2 and Ditch No 1 supplement natural features such as Poor Farm Creek. Small rural centers and historically significant locations are scattered across the grid, including the locales of Racine and Crozier. Genealogists will find several key burial sites preserved within this landscape, notably the Lincoln Township Cemetery in the northwest and the centrally located Zion Lutheran Cemetery. The presence of the Saint Johns Church of Christ Cemetery further points to the community's ecclesiastical roots in a region dominated by family farms and well-defined township roads like 150th Ave and 550th St.
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1954 · Fort Dodge
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Fort Dodge
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1958 · Fort Dodge
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1971 · Sioux Rapids SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1971 · Albert City
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1971 · Rembrandt
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1979 · Lakeside
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1979 · Storm Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1979 · Varina
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1979 · Newell West
USGS Topo · 1:24,000