2019 Map of Morgan NE

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The Minnesota River carves a winding course through this landscape where Brown, Renville, and Nicollet counties meet. This 2019 survey captures a rural environment defined by the intersection of natural watercourses and a rigid grid of agricultural roads. Several family and community burial sites, such as Boyum Farm Cem and Mount Hope Cem, provide tangible links to the area's early farmsteads. The river's path is crossed by Petersen Bridge, a key crossing point between the northern and southern townships. Away from the river valley, the terrain is shaped by an extensive water management system, including Judicial Ditch Number Seventeen and County Ditch Number Fiftyseven, which drains into low-lying areas like Lone Tree Lake and Simonson Slough. This network of ditches illustrates the historical effort to transform the prairie wetlands into productive Nicollet County farmland.