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2019 Map of New Richland

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of New Richland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The town of New Richland anchors this South-Central Minnesota landscape, situated where the fertile prairie meets a complex system of glacial wetlands and watercourses. The drainage patterns of the Le Sueur River and the Little Le Sueur River wind across the terrain, shaping the development of rural clusters like Otisco, Vista, and Lemond. This map highlights a significant density of early Scandinavian and German heritage, evidenced by numerous faith-based sites including the Vista Swedish Lutheran Church and the Le Sueur River American Lutheran Church Cem.

The presence of scattered water bodies such as Saint Olaf Lake, Fosilen Lake, and Reese Lake reveals a landscape heavily influenced by its post-glacial hydrology. For those researching local family histories, the map identifies a high concentration of burial grounds, from Calvary Cem near the primary settlement to the more remote Pontoppidan Lutheran Cem and Otisco - Lemond Cem along the Waseca and Steele county lines.