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2010 Map of Van Horne

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

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Van Horne serves as the primary hub of this Benton County landscape, where the grid of rural roads meets the local rail line. The town's layout is centered around the Van Horne Post Office, while the surrounding prairie is defined by agricultural sections and small historical nodes like Benton Centre, Gomersal, and Geneva. These smaller settlements reflect the late 19th and early 20th-century development of the region's farming economy.

Waterways such as Wildcat Creek, Mud Creek, and Opossum Creek meander across the township, often serving as the only breaks in the geometric precision of the road network. For those researching local family history, several burial grounds are documented, including the Indian Cemetery, Van Metre Cemetery, and Bellar Cemetery, each providing a physical link to the early inhabitants of this part of Iowa.