2016 Map of Kerkhoven SW

About this map

Louriston Township and the surrounding Chippewa County countryside appear as a distinct grid of section lines and gravel roads in this 2016 survey. The landscape is primarily defined by its agricultural layout, punctuated by localized historical markers such as the Louriston Township Cem and the Swedish Lutheran Cem. Small-scale water features like Shakopee Lake in the north and the Winter Strip break the geometric regularity of the prairie. Genealogists and local historians will find the exact placements of these cemeteries and the Buffalo Lake Cem useful for tracing family ties within the T119N and T118N townships, where the road network remains largely unchanged from earlier settler patterns.