2019 Map of New Sweden

About this map

New Sweden anchors this rural landscape in Nicollet County, where the transition from natural waterways to an engineered drainage network is clearly visible. The terrain is defined by the headwaters of the Middle Br Rush River and S Br Rush River, which are supplemented by an extensive system of man-made channels including Judicial Ditch Number Fifteen and County Ditch Number Twentyseven A. These features illustrate the intensive agricultural modification of the Minnesota prairie. For those tracing family history, several burial grounds are preserved across the sections, such as Scandian Grove Cem and Trinity Lutheran Cem. Small bodies of water like Rice Lake and Plaman Lake persist amidst the grid of country roads, while the border between Sibley and Nicollet Counties bisects the northern reaches of the quadrangle.