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2015 Map of Sumner

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Sumner
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

The Little Wapsipinicon River meanders southward through this rural corridor along the border of Bremer and Fayette counties. The city of Sumner serves as the primary hub, where a systematic grid of streets like Wapsie St and N Railroad St indicates its history as a rail-oriented prairie settlement. Further south, the smaller village of Westgate sits near the banks of Stoe Cr, anchoring the southeastern corner of the quadrangle.

Genealogists will find a high density of burial sites documenting the area's early families and religious congregations. From the Union Mound Cem and Mount Calvary Cem on the outskirts of Sumner to the more isolated Union Evangelical Cem and Saint Peter Cem in the rural townships, these landmarks preserve the heritage of the regional farming communities. The landscape is defined by its rectilinear road network, including arterial routes like Co Hwy V62, which bisect the productive agricultural fields of the Iowa plains.