Iowa Railroad Map 1950

The maps below are in pdf format and can be viewed by simply clicking the links or can be saved to your local computer. This map displays iowa in the years after becoming the 29th state, when settlers were arriving from all parts. The map also shows h ighways, railroads canals, air lanes and dredged channels.

Railroad maps, 1828 to 1900 american memory 1; Sectional map of the state of iowa, compiled from the united states surveys also exhibiting the internal improvements, distances between towns & villages, lines of projected rail roads &c. Bureau of public roads, the map can be seen to show some significant changes made later in the 20th century to the railroads.

Iowa department of transportation, office of rail.

Railroad transportation came to iowa in the late 1840s. Iowa had approximately 655 miles of track in operation by 1860 and 2,683 miles by 1870. Such lines may be disused railways, closed railways, former railway lines, even derelict railway lines. Detailed township and county map showing drainage, cities and towns, roads, and railroads.