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2016 Map of Fairfax

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Fairfax
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The settlement of Fairfax anchors this Renville County landscape, situated near the southwestern edge of a highly organized agricultural grid. The terrain is defined by an intricate network of water management, illustrated by numerous engineered channels such as County Ditch Number One Hundred and Judicial Ditch Number Eight. These features, alongside Round Lake, reveal the intensive drainage efforts required to sustain the region's productive farmland.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant detail in the placement of community landmarks, particularly the cluster of burial grounds near the town center, including Saint Andrews Cem and Saint Johns Cem. Further afield, the Evangelical Lutheran Cem and Cairo Cem serve as markers of early rural congregation and settlement patterns. The map also delineates the precise boundary between Renville County and Sibley County, tracing the eastern edge of the survey.