2019 Map of Lafayette

About this map

Lafayette serves as the primary hub for this portion of southern Minnesota, where the grid of rural section roads meets the managed water systems of S Br Rush River and Huelskamp Cr. The landscape is heavily defined by an intricate network of drainage systems, including Judicial Ditch Number One and County Ditch Number Seventyseven, which transformed the prairie into productive farmland. The geographic memory of the region is preserved in the Cottonwood Lakebed and historic transport routes like Old Fort Rd. For family historians, several burial grounds are scattered across the townships, including Clear Lake Lutheran Cem, Methodist Cem, and Saint Gregory Cem, marking the local heritage of the early agricultural communities near the Sibley and Nicollet county line.