1939 Map of Clear Lake

South of the lake, the terrain transitions into a grid of rural farmland defined by historical family names and local landmarks. Genealogists can locate several burial grounds, including Covenant Cem, Tester Cem, and Dygert Cem. The drainage of this often-soggy terrain is evidenced by the network of channels like Bruce Ryan Ditch and Gundrum Ditch, which feed into Fish Creek. Small crossroads settlements and transport markers, such as York, Courtney Corner, and the Stallman Bridge, ground the map in the pre-war agricultural life of Steuben County.