2019 Map of Hope

About this map

Ellendale and Hope anchor this Steele County landscape, where the agricultural grid of Southern Minnesota is defined by a network of county highways and township roads. The area is a mosaic of prairie wetlands and small water bodies, including Lonergan Lake and Beaver Lake, while the headwaters of the Little Le Sueur River and the Straight River carve subtle drainage patterns across the terrain. For those tracing family histories or early settlement patterns, the map preserves the locations of vital community landmarks such as Zion Lutheran Cem, Danish Cem, and Berlin Cem. These sites, along with the clearly delineated boundaries of T105N and T106N, illustrate the enduring structure of the region's rural parishes and township organization into the twenty-first century.