2010 Map of Canby

About this map

The city of Canby serves as the primary hub of this agricultural region in Yellow Medicine County, positioned at the intersection of a well-defined grid of section roads and regional thoroughfares like County Hwy-19. The landscape is defined by the winding courses of Lazarus Creek and Canby Creek, which drain toward the Lac qui Parle River in the southeast. For local historians and genealogists, the map is particularly rich in burial sites, documenting Saint Peters Cemetery, Saint Pauls Cemetery, Saint Stephens Cemetery, Trinity Cemetery, and Swenson Cemetery across the prairie. The presence of the Canby Lake Dam and the Canby Municipal Airport reflects the developed infrastructure supporting this rural community. To the northwest, the small settlement of Burr marks another point of historical interest along the 240th Avenue corridor, illustrating the dispersed but organized settlement pattern of the western Minnesota plains.