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2019 Map of Glenville

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Glenville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The Shell Rock River flows southward through this corner of Freeborn County, connecting the southern shores of Albert Lea Lake to the city of Glenville. This 2019 survey captures the highly managed water systems of the region, where numerous drainage projects like County Ditch Number Sixteen and Judicial Ditch Number Twenty interlace with natural features like Goose Cr and Grass Lake. These ditches reflect the intensive agricultural heritage of the southern Minnesota prairie.

Local history and genealogy interests are well-represented by several burial grounds and markers, including Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near the northern edge of the map and the North Round Prairie Cem further south. The settlement of Murtaugh appears along the highway corridor between the larger hubs of Albert Lea and Glenville, illustrating the traditional transportation and settlement patterns that have defined the county's development into the modern era.