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         TOPOGRAPHICAL. Situated in the eastern part of the State, being in the third tier of counties north of the Missouri line, Louisa County is bounded on the east by the Mississippi River, on the north by the counties of Johnson and Muscatine, on the south by Des Moines and Henry Counties, and on the west by Washington and Henry Counties. It comprises about 422 square miles of land, a considerable part of which is well timbered, the timber land being generally along the banks of the rivers and creeks which flow through the county. The prairie land is the very best, and suitable for the raising of all cereals common to this latitude. The bottom lands are excellent for grazing.

Louisa County now comprises twelve civil townships, each of which is of an irregular size, and, strange to say, not one of which but touches the county line. The names of the townships are: Columbus City, Concord, Elliott, Elm Grove, Grand View, Jefferson, Marshall, Morning Sun, Oakland, Port Louisa, Union and Wapello. Within the boundaries of the county are the towns of Columbus City, Columbus Junction, Clifton, Lettsvillle, Grand View, Wapello, Toolsboro, Morning Sun, Cairo, Wyman and Fredonia.

The county is well watered by the Iowa and Red Cedar Rivers, which merge together near the village of Fredonia, and pass through the county diagonally from the northwest to the southeast, emptying into the Mississippi River from section 1, Jefferson Township, and directly opposite the village of New Boston, Mercer Co., Ill. Near or directly upon the banks of the Iowa River, are the towns of Columbus City, Fredonia, Wapello and Toolsboro. The other important streams of the county are Prairie Creek, Goose Creek, Long Creek, Otter Creek, Honey Creek, Indian Creek, Turkey Run Creek and Muscatine Slough. The eastern line of the county is washed by the Mississippi River.