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1970 Map of Avoca

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Avoca
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Avoca and the surrounding prairie of Murray County appear here during the early 1970s, defined by a landscape of glacial lakes and critical rail corridors. The Chicago and North Western railway cuts diagonally through the sheet, serving the grain-rich regions near Lime Lake and the Avoca State Wildlife Management Area. To the west, the expansion of Slayton is visible, bordered by Restland Memory Gardens and the Slayton Wildlife Management Area, which encompasses the waters of Big Slough.

Genealogists will find a high density of burial sites reflecting the area's diverse ethnic and religious settlement patterns, including St Rose Cem, Faith Cem, and the Faith Swedish Cem. Further south, the map details the small community of Wirock along the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific line. Significant water features like North Badger Lake and South Badger Lake are documented with bathymetric soundings provided by the Minnesota Department of Conservation.