1971 Map of Sumner SW

About this map

The Wapsipinicon River and its East Fork define the western portion of this Bremer County landscape, where the Sweet Marsh State Wildlife Management Area occupies a significant tract of wetlands and controlled waters. Surveyed in the early 1970s, the map reveals a rural economy of small-scale aviation and agricultural heritage, evidenced by the Priebe Landing Field and Schwerin Landing Strip. Local history and genealogy are anchored by several country churches and burial grounds, including St Bridget Ch in the north and St Pauls Ch to the southeast near Buck Creek. The terrain is marked by township divisions such as Leroy, Sumner No 2, Fremont, and Dayton, showing the traditional section-line road grid interspersed with local landmarks like Spring Fountain and several scattered gravel pits and sandpits.