Includes indexes. "3 maps per township: homesteads & other land patents; roads; rivers, creeks & railroads." Maps of county homestead or similar land patent purchased in the past, as recorded on the database of the General Land Office (GLO) of the Federal Bureau of Land Management (www.glorecords.blm.gov). Includes maps showing county location within state, surrounding counties, congressional townships within the county, cities and towns within the county, and county cemeteries. There is also an index of surnames for county patents (with parcel-counts for each surname), and a surname/township index (with parcel-counts for each surname by township).
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.