counties are just for internal civil administration, so there's no reason to draw weird borders since there's no ego or anything attached to it

but you should look at the electoral district maps

>>18704566
Most counties do follow natural landmarks. You just chose one of the many states where it is flatland so a grid is just more practical to have.

you seething about >>18704420 OP?

>>18704566
>Up-a-noose
klan energy

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>>18704566
>Des Moines city not in Des Moines County

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There is literally nothing out there. Squares make sense for a minecraft flatworld.

>>18704566
I'm going to guess it's because most of those counties were created from Land Grants administered through the Homestead Act, and because Iowa is relatively flat with little natural borders, it means borders were drawn bureaucratically rather than naturally.

>impractical
explain

>>18704566
Because those territories were set up that way out of convenience long before actual settlers lived there.