2010 Map of McIntosh NE

About this map

Glacial lakes and small watercourses define this rural pocket of Polk County, where the Hill River and Poplar River carve through a landscape of family-named water bodies. The geography is characterized by a dense concentration of small basins like Evenmoe Lake, Agnes Lake, and Raben Lake, many of which appear to be remnant wetlands or kettle ponds. Human infrastructure is subtly overlaid on this watery terrain, marked by the Hill River Lake Dam and a grid of rural routes including County Hwy-5 and NE Cottage Ave. For those tracing local heritage, several burial grounds are preserved across the sections, including Oakland Cemetery, Vernes Lutheran Cemetery, and the curiously named Asphalt Cemetery. This distribution of cemeteries and modest lake-side landmarks reflects the dispersed agricultural and lakeside settlement pattern typical of the northwestern Minnesota prairie-forest transition.