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1967 Map of Blue Earth

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Blue Earth
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Blue Earth serves as the focal point of this Faribault County survey, situated at the confluence where the Blue Earth River meets its East Branch. The town's civic heart is anchored by the Courthouse and SS Peter & Paul Sch, while the surrounding landscape is defined by an intricate network of agricultural drainage systems including Judicial Ditch No 2 and Judicial Ditch No 17.

Evidence of the region's changing transportation is found in the Chicago and North Western rail line, which by the late 1970s was marked as abandoned. Notable local landmarks like the Fairground, the Radio Tower (KBEW), and several cemeteries—including Riverside Cemetery, Calvary Cem, and King Cem—provide specific points of interest for genealogists and local historians tracing the development of Blue Earth City and the neighboring township of Prescott.