Hey, that’s not how this is supposed to work!
Since my New Year’s resolution to visit all of Iowa’s incorporated places (eventually), I have had to refine my list slightly. First, Klemme is obviously not on US 69, and I haven’t been in that area since 2006. But secondly, something that you probably wouldn’t notice unless you’re looking for it, Fostoria’s city limits do not touch US 71. When US 71 was four-laned between Spencer and Milford, about a mile on the east side of Fostoria became a frontage road — and even that isn’t technically inside the city.
This, along with Greenville not being on B53 to Gillett Grove, would have been really nice to know in 2010, when I was right there. Instead, Clay County remains in the “unclinched” list, and will require some time to finish. On the other hand, that may give me an excuse to check out one of Iowa’s oldest paved rural roads, that gray line on the map just on the east side of US 71 south of Milford, paved in 1921. (I don’t know if it’s the original pavement, but it has been a paved road since then.)