2013 Map of Kiester

About this map

Kiester and Walters sit at the heart of this agricultural landscape along the border of Faribault and Freeborn counties. The area is defined by a grid of rural roads and the drainage systems of the E Br Blue Earth River and Brush Cr. Evidence of the region’s intensive water management is visible in the presence of Judicial Ditch Number Twentyfive and Judicial Ditch Number Twentysix, which navigate the gentle terrain. Genealogists and local historians will find significant value in the mapped cemeteries that serve the surrounding farmsteads, including Saint Johns Cem near Walters and the American Lutheran Church Cem south of Kiester. This 2013 survey records the enduring layout of these small prairie communities and their connection via MN-22.