2013 Map of Pilot Grove

About this map

Pilot Grove anchors this rural landscape along the border of Faribault and Martin counties, where the headwaters of the W Br Blue Earth River begin to take shape. The terrain is defined by an extensive network of managed waterways, including Judicial Ditch Number Nineteen and Judicial Ditch Number Seven, which transformed this corner of southern Minnesota into productive farmland. These ditches intersect with natural watercourses like Badger Cr and Little Badger Cr, illustrating the long-term engineering required to drain the regional prairie. Small-scale historical markers, such as the Pilot Grove Cem located along 60th St, offer touchstones for genealogists researching the families that established these agricultural townships. The grid of section roads, from 310th Ave to 370th Ave, remains the primary structure of the county, connecting isolated farmsteads to the settlement at Pilot Grove.