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1964 Map of Bernadotte

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Bernadotte
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The small crossroads of Bernadotte serves as the focal point of this mid-1960s agricultural survey, located where the townships of Alfsborg, Lafayette, and Bernadotte converge. This region of the Minnesota prairie is defined by an extensive water management network, with numerous engineered channels such as County Ditch No 5 and Judicial Ditch No 6 cutting across the landscape to drain the fertile soil.

Natural water features remain prominent, including Sand Lake in the northwest corner near Roadside Park and the meandering course of the South Branch Rush River. Genealogists and local historians can locate several Cem sites distributed throughout the sections, alongside industrial markers like a local Gravel Pit. The map captures the area just before further modernization, documenting the precise layout of section lines and rural homesteads during a period when these agricultural townships maintained their traditional structure.