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2022 Map of Victor

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Victor
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Victor serves as the primary hub along the Poweshiek Co Iowa Co line, established where a grid of rural avenues meets the northern drainage of Big Bear Creek. The landscape transition from the town's residential streets, such as Washington St and Williams St, into the surrounding agricultural sections is marked by a concentration of cemeteries that trace the area's early settlement. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of several burial grounds, including the Old Victor Pioneer Cem, Gwin Cem, and Calvary Cem.

South of the main town, the smaller settlements of Carnforth and Guernsey are positioned among the headwaters of the North English River. This southern reach of the quadrangle is defined by a more complex drainage network, where Jordan Cr and Deep Cr carve through the terrain. The presence of the Guernsey Cem and Longstreth Cem further south provides a clear record of the communities that developed along these prairie waterways and rail-adjacent corridors.