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2010 Map of Medford East

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

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Medford and the surrounding agricultural landscape of Steele County are documented here during the early twenty-first century. The settlement pattern is anchored by small communities such as Walcott, Merton, and Clinton Falls, each connected by a grid of rural roads and county highways. The drainage of the region is defined by the northward flow of the Straight River and its various tributaries, which shape the township boundaries and field placements.

Genealogists and local historians can locate several significant burial grounds, including Union Cemetery, Eklund Cemetery, and Richland Cemetery, providing clear spatial context for ancestral research. The presence of the Medford Post Office and the Grand View Memorial Gardens in the southern portion of the sheet further illustrates the civic and commemorative layout of the area as it existed just before the turn of the decade.