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2010 Map of Swea City

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Swea City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Swea City serves as the focal point of this northern Iowa landscape, situated at the intersection of a rigid grid of agricultural roads in Kossuth County. The town layout is clearly defined, anchored by the Swea City Post Office and surrounded by a vast network of section lines including 500th St and 80th Ave. This late-twentieth-century perspective reveals a highly managed hydrological system where natural waterways like Mud Creek and the West Branch Blue Earth River are supplemented by man-made improvements such as Ditch Number 60, reflecting the region's intensive farming legacy.

Genealogists can locate significant burial sites within the township, including the Lutheran Cemetery to the west and the Harrison Township Cemetery positioned north of the main settlement. The map provides a detailed view of the rural infrastructure, from the path of Co Rd K to the numerous numbered avenues that partition the fertile plains, illustrating the enduring spatial organization of the American heartland.