2018 Map of Bristol

About this map

Bristol stands as the central settlement in this borderland survey, where the agricultural grid of Worth County meets the Minnesota line. The landscape is defined by its numerous small burial grounds and extensive water networks, suggesting a long-established rural community with deep family roots. Silver Lake and Rice Lake anchor the north and south, while Elk Creek and Ditch Number 6 facilitate drainage across the tillable plains. Genealogists will find significant value in the detailed placement of the Saint Patricks Cem and the Bristol Protestant Cem, alongside smaller sites like the Slon Cem and Somber Cem. This record of the modern township reveals how the 19th-century settlement pattern of the Iowa-Minnesota border persists through maintained churchyards and a systematic road network that follows the original section lines.