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2013 Map of Saint Thomas

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Saint Thomas
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Saint Thomas and Saint Henry anchor this rural landscape in Le Sueur County, defined by a dense concentration of community burial grounds and a highly managed agricultural water system. The map reveals a fascinating network of drainage engineering, including County Ditch Number Thirtyfour, County Ditch Number Fiftythree, and County Ditch Number Fiftyseven, which reshape the hydrology around natural features like Rice Lake and Ely Lake.

For genealogists, the map is remarkably dense with historical cemeteries, such as the Salem German Evangelical Church Cem and the Dresselville Cem. These sites, along with the German Cem and Sharon Cem, trace the settlement patterns of diverse immigrant congregations across the prairie. The southern edge is marked by the winding course of Le Sueur Cr, providing a contrast to the straight-line grid of township roads like Lexington Rd.