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2013 Map of Asbury

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Asbury
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Asbury anchors the southern portion of this Chippewa County landscape, a region defined by an extensive network of drainage and creek systems that support its agricultural character. The map illustrates the careful management of the local hydrology, featuring County Ditch Number Seventy alongside natural watercourses like Palmer Cr, Spring Cr, and the descriptively named Dry Weather Cr. This infrastructure underscores the area's transition from prairie to highly productive farmland.

For genealogists and local historians, the sheet is particularly valuable for its documentation of rural burial grounds. Four distinct sites are preserved here: Palmer Creek Cem, Leenthrop Memorial Cem, Saron Cem, and Swensson Cem. These locations, often the last remaining physical markers of early pioneer families and Scandinavian settlement patterns, are situated among a rigid section-line road grid that includes MN-7 and Co HWY-15.