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2013 Map of Melrose

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Melrose
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

The Sauk River meanders through this portion of Stearns County, serving as the central geographic feature for the city of Melrose. The landscape is a complex network of glacial hydrology and agricultural drainage, evidenced by the presence of County Ditch Number Forty-two and numerous named water bodies including Black Oak Lake, Frevels Lake, and Sylvia Lake. The river itself widens into Melrose Lake at the heart of the primary settlement, where the street grid is tightly organized around W Main St and W Riverside Ave.

Genealogists will find several significant burial sites across the township, such as Oak Hill Cem and Saint Marys Cem in the north, while Saint Johns Cem serves the community of Meire Grove to the southwest. The southeastern corner is anchored by the village of New Munich. Transportation patterns reflect a transition from local rural routes like Lovers Ln to the regional infrastructure of Interstate 94, which bisects the quadrangle south of the river.