2013 Map of Artichoke Lake

About this map

Artichoke Lake and Long Lake dominate the eastern corridor of this Big Stone County landscape, illustrating the characteristic prairie pothole topography of western Minnesota. The map reveals a highly structured agricultural grid, where townships are partitioned by a network of local routes including Court Road 23 and 30th St SW. The orientation of the landscape is anchored by Us-12, which cuts a straight path across the central portion of the sheet. For those researching local history, the placement of the Akron Cem in the south-central region and the Johnson Family Cem on the eastern shore of Artichoke Lake provides specific points of interest for genealogical study. These small, rural burial grounds are key markers of the early settlement patterns that defined this prairie region long after the original land claims were established.