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2016 Map of Pennock

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Pennock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The town of Pennock anchors the southern half of this landscape, situated at the intersection of a significant rail-aligned corridor including Atlantic Ave NE and Pacific Ave SE. This glacial till plain in Kandiyohi County is defined by a dense network of prairie potholes and larger water bodies such as Swan Lake, Mamre Lake, and W Solomon Lake. The drainage patterns of Shakopee Cr and Mud Cr wind through a strictly gridded section-line road system, which reflects the late 19th-century land division that organized this agricultural region.

Genealogists will find notable value in the distribution of religious and burial sites across the township. The Mamrelund Lutheran Cem and nearby Salem Cem serve as vital landmarks for tracing the Scandinavian settlement history of the area. Further south, Saint John's Cem near Saint Johns Lake provides additional evidence of the community clusters that formed around early churches and local water resources.