[1] South of the town was Kienstra Landing, located on the Mississippi River.

[2] The community was situated on a barren peninsula called "Jackson Point", at a bend in the river called "Palmetto Bend", named for the palmetto plant which grew abundantly in the hardwood swamps across the river in Louisiana.

[6] North of the town, midway to Arnot, was the Kienstra School.

[7] The "Kienstra Store Light" was a navigation beacon on the river, located near the landing as early as 1879.

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