2013 Map of What Cheer

About this map

What Cheer serves as the primary hub in this Keokuk County landscape, where a rigid grid of agricultural roads meets the meandering paths of S English River and Coal Cr. The town's local street plan includes historically evocative names like Old Pottery Rd, W Briney St, and E Mill St, reflecting a community built around early local industry and trade. Further north, the smaller settlements of Thornburg and Jamestown sit along the north-south corridor of Iowa 21, marking the transition between the rolling drainages of Smith Cr and Rock Cr. This survey illustrates the modern layout of a quintessential Iowa farming region, showing how section-line roads like 140th St and 180th St have organized the land around these established rural centers.