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2022 Map of Saint Stephen

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Saint Stephen
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The Mississippi River forms a natural boundary between Stearns and Benton counties at the northeastern corner of this region, where the town of Rice sits across from the river's western banks. The interior landscape is defined by an extensive network of drainage systems, including County Ditch Number Twentyseven and County Ditch Number Twelve, which crisscross the low-lying terrain between Stony Creek and the southern reaches near Sartell.

Several small communities serve as local anchors, such as St. Stephen and Saint Wendel, each maintaining its own burial grounds like Saint Stephani Cem and Saint Wendel Cem. Further northwest, the settlement of Opole is home to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cem, marking a cluster of traditional parish-centered settlements. This 2022 survey illustrates a landscape of carefully managed water and dispersed rural homesteads connected by a grid of county roads.