2016 Map of New York Mills West

About this map

Richdale sits at a geographic crossroads in this part of Otter Tail County, where the landscape is defined by the transition from open wetlands to the shores of Big Pine Lake. The settlement patterns here follow the diagonal path of the railway and major thoroughfares like Diamond Rd E, which cut across the traditional township grids of t136n r38w and t135n r37w. This survey is particularly valuable for genealogists, as it documents several burial sites including the Historic Pine Lake Cem, Greenwood Cem, and the Old Greenwood Cem near the western edge of New York Mills. The area's hydrology is complex, with numerous small basins such as Haberman Lake and Nitche Lake feeding into local drainages like Willow Cr and Alvis Cr. This network of water bodies and marshlands shaped the early road placements, seen in the winding routes of Blueberry Rd and Nitche Lake Rd.