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1968 Map of Swisher

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Swisher
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Coralville Lake and the Hawkeye State Wildlife Area dominate this section of the Iowa River valley, where the landscape is defined by the managed inundation of the river's floodplains. To the north, the small settlements of Swisher, Shueyville, Cou Falls, and Western sit among rolling agricultural uplands drained by a network of creeks including Hoosier Creek and McAllister Creek. The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City railroad corridor provides a north-south transit spine through the center of the sheet, reflecting the area's role as a connector between major eastern Iowa hubs.

Local history and genealogy are anchored by numerous small burial grounds such as Anderson Cem, Shueyville Cem, and Blain Cem, which remain scattered across the rural townships of Jefferson and Monroe. The presence of a Quarry near Curtis Bridge Park and the Community Sch near Swan Lake highlights a mid-century balance between natural resource extraction and rural community infrastructure during this period of geological study.