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2010 Map of Bellingham

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Bellingham
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Bellingham serves as the primary population center in this Western Minnesota landscape, situated at the intersection of rural highways and the headwaters of regional waterways. The town's civic infrastructure is anchored by the Bellingham Post Office, while its community history is preserved across several nearby burial grounds, including the Bellingham Cemetery and Saint Pauls Cemetery located on the eastern outskirts.

The hydrological network dominates the terrain, defined by the winding course of the Yellow Bank River and its South Fork. These streams converge and meander through a grid of agricultural section lines, eventually joining the Minnesota River in the northeast. Managed water features like the Highway 75 Dam and the open expanse of Mud Lake illustrate the intersection of the natural prairie environment with the infrastructure of the early 21st century.