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2013 Map of Dassel

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Dassel
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Dassel sits at the heart of this Meeker County landscape, where the primary east-west corridor of Us-12 meets the local grid of township roads. The town's civic core is anchored by the Po and the nearby Dassel Cem, reflecting a long-established rural community. To the south, the smaller settlement of Jennie rests near the shores of Lake Jennie, indicating the clustered residential patterns common near the region's many glacial lakes.

Water defines the geography here, with a dense network of basins including Lake Washington, Collinwood Lake, and Long Lake shaping the local infrastructure. The transition from agricultural operations like the Dassel Hillside Farm to recreational sites such as Lakedale Campground highlights the dual identity of the area as both a farming hub and a lakeside destination. Genealogists can find significant local data points in the various burial grounds, such as Steelsville Cem and Pioneer County Cem, which are scattered throughout the countryside.