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1978 Map of Kloucek Lake

Name: 1978 Topographic Map of Kloucek Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The agricultural landscape of Scotland and Lincoln townships is defined by a grid of farm sections and the diagonal path of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad. This 1970s survey captures a transition in the rural economy, where section lines are dotted with established homesteads, specialized Gravel Pits, and a prominent Radio Tower. The terrain is marked by the winding courses of Prairie Creek and Beaver Creek, which feed into the central Kloucek Lake.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant detail in the preservation of several small burial grounds, including Ebenezer Cem, Reform Cem, Petersburg Cem, and Gall Cem. These sites, along with a solitary marked Grave in section nine, provide a precise record of early family settlements and religious communities along the Bon Homme and Yankton County line during a period of modern rural stability.