2019 Map of Delavan

About this map

Delavan serves as the primary hub in this corner of Southern Minnesota, situated at the junction of several section-line roads and the local rail corridor. The landscape is defined by its post-glacial hydrology, featuring a string of significant water bodies including Lura Lake, Bass Lake, and Rice Lake. The presence of the Jackson Lakebed and the engineered Judicial Ditch Number Forty-nine suggests a history of agricultural drainage and landscape modification common to Faribault and Blue Earth counties. For genealogists and local historians, the map provides precise locations for several rural burial grounds, such as West Lutheran Cem, East Lutheran Cem, and the Rice Lake Cem. This network of cemeteries, scattered among the township sections, reflects the early Scandinavian and German settlement patterns that established the region's farming communities.