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2010 Map of Lafayette

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Lafayette
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Lafayette serves as the primary hub of this Nicollet County landscape, where the Lafayette Post Office and Saint Gregory Cemetery anchor the local community. The region's agricultural character is defined by an extensive water management network designed to drain the prairie, featuring numerous engineered waterways such as Judicial Ditch Number One, County Ditch Number Eightyfive, and County Ditch Number Seventyseven. These ditches crisscross the section lines, reflecting a century of effort to reclaim land for farming.

Evidence of the area's natural hydrography remains visible in the north, particularly at Sand Lake and the significant Cottonwood Lakebed. Family history is preserved at the Clear Lake Lutheran Cemetery and Methodist Cemetery, which are positioned along the grid of rural roads like County Hwy-8 and Fort Rd. The path of Huelskamp Creek in the southwest provides a rare winding contrast to the strictly rectilinear township and range road system.