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2016 Map of Arlington

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Arlington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Arlington serves as the primary hub in this portion of Sibley County, where a tidy grid of streets like W Chandler St and Henderson Rd centers on the local community. The landscape is defined by its agricultural layout and the intricate drainage of the Minnesota River basin, characterized by High Island Cr and the structured path of High Island Ditch Number Five. These watercourses reflect the 20th-century engineering required to manage the prairie wetlands for farming.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of rural burial sites, including Saint Pauls Cem, Ebenezer Cem, and Saint Johns Cem. Smaller nodes of settlement like New Rome and the Weckworth area provide evidence of the scattered hamlets that once supported the surrounding township. In the southern reaches, the confluence of the Middle Br Rush River and N Br Rush River illustrates the natural hydrology that shaped the original settlement patterns of the region.