2019 Map of Conger

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The agricultural landscape of Freeborn County is defined by its intricate drainage network and dispersed rural settlements. Conger serves as a central hub for the township, while the smaller community of Mansfield sits further west near the E Br Blue Earth River. This region is notable for its extensive water management systems, documented through engineered waterways such as County Ditch Number Forty-eight, Judicial Ditch Number Twenty-five, and Judicial Ditch Number Twenty-six, which have historically reshaped the wet prairie into productive farmland. Genealogists will find a high concentration of burial sites marking early family and church history, including the Conger Community Cem, Mansfield Lutheran Cem, and the remote Schnieder Cem. To the southeast, the open water of Bear Lake provides a natural contrast to the grid of gravel roads and surveyed township lines that organize the surrounding countryside.