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2019 Map of Annandale

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Annandale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Annandale serves as the primary hub in this central Minnesota landscape, where the town grid transitions into a dense network of glacial lakes. The terrain is defined by the proximity of large water bodies including Clearwater Lake, Sugar Lake, and Cedar Lake, which have historically shaped the local recreation and settlement patterns. Traces of early community life are preserved in the numerous burial grounds scattered across the townships, such as Woodlawn Cem near the town center and the outlying Corinna Cem and Lakeview Cem.

Agricultural drainage infrastructure, notably County Ditch Number Thirtyone and County Ditch Number Twenty, illustrates the long-standing effort to manage the area's high water table for farming. The map also records the boundary between Stearns Co and Wright Co as it follows the course of the Clearwater River. Smaller basins like Quinn Lake, Nixon Lake, and Somers Lake dot the countryside, connected by rural routes such as Co Hwy 39.