2019 Map of Bellingham

About this map

Bellingham anchors the southern portion of this west-central Minnesota landscape, situated at the crossroads of a section-line road network that defines the region's agricultural character. The topography is dominated by the winding course of the Yellow Bank River and the S Fork Yellow Bank River, which carve subtle drainage patterns through the prairie toward the Minnesota River in the northeast. For genealogists and local historians, the map provides precise locations for several rural burial grounds, including Yellow Bank Cem, Immanuel Cem, and Salem Cem. These sites, alongside Saint Pauls Cem and the Bellingham Cem, serve as primary markers of the area's early settlement history. The presence of Mud Lake and surrounding wetlands highlights the natural hydrology that persists alongside a century of drainage and cultivation in Lac qui Parle County.