
The eastern edges of Waseca and the small community of Meriden anchor this landscape along the border of Waseca and Steele Counties. This portion of southern Minnesota is defined by a glacial prairie pothole topography, visible in the dense cluster of water bodies like Clear Lake, Goose Lake, and Rice Lake. The map reveals a highly structured grid of section lines and township roads that organize the agricultural land between these wetlands and the Little Le Sueur River in the south. Genealogists and local historians will find several burial grounds documented, including Saint Pauls Lutheran Cem, Woodville Cem, and Brase Cem, which reflect the area's rural settlement patterns. The presence of Old US Hwy 14 and Old Hwy 14 provides a direct link to early 20th-century transportation corridors that once bypassed many of these smaller lakes.
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