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2010 Map of Pillager

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Pillager
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

The Crow Wing River winds through this central Minnesota landscape, defining the character of the settlements at Pillager and Sylvan. In this 2010 survey, the river is a managed resource, anchored by the Pillager Dam and the Sylvan Dam, which create significant pooling in Lake Placid. The map is particularly valuable for genealogists, as it preserves the locations of numerous family and community burial grounds, including the Franzen Family Cemetery and the Rail Prairie Union Cemetery to the south.

Local civic history is documented through the presence of the Pillager Post Office and several rural education sites like the Franzen School and Plumly School. The terrain is marked by a high density of water bodies, from Rice Lake and Pillager Lake in the north to the isolated Tamarack Lake and Mud Lake further south. A dense network of local roads, such as the Pillsbury State Forestry Rd, connects these scattered lakeside residences and historic farmsteads.