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1965 Map of Mabel

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Mabel
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

The town of Mabel serves as a focal point in this mid-1960s survey of the Minnesota-Iowa borderlands, where the Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific rail line cuts across the rolling landscape. The map captures a deeply rural interior dominated by the Minnesota Memorial Hardwood State Forest, which cloaks the steep valleys of South Fork Wisel Creek and the Root River.

Settlement patterns follow the high ground and valley floors, with small hubs like Newburg and Prosper appearing alongside numerous country institutions. For genealogists, the map is particularly useful for locating remote religious and burial sites, including Scheie Ch and its namesake Scheie Ch Cem, as well as Garness Trinity Ch. Industrial activity is evident in several quarries and sandpits, reflecting the local economy's reliance on the area's limestone and glacial deposits during this era.