2010 Map of McIntosh

About this map

The settlement of McIntosh serves as the focal point for this section of Polk County, where the plains of northwestern Minnesota are dotted with numerous small glacial lakes and a winding Poplar River. The town center features the McIntosh Post Office and the City of McIntosh Campground, surrounded by a landscape organized around an extensive grid of county highways. Water management is a defining characteristic of the terrain, seen in the Poplar River Diversion Ditch and the Oak Lake Outlet Dam, which control the flow between bodies of water like Oak Lake and Clausen-Lake. Genealogists will find a significant concentration of burial grounds in the area, including Trinity Cemetery, New Sweden Cemetery, and Saint Johns Cemetery, many of which sit adjacent to the region's agricultural fields. Recreation and infrastructure are represented by the Win-E-Mac Golf Course and the Oak Lake Air Strip, illustrating the modern development of this rural community.