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2022 Map of Saint Thomas

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

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Le Sueur and the rural townships of Le Sueur County are defined by a sophisticated network of water management and scattered pioneer burial grounds. This landscape is intricately drained by a system of named waterways including Forest Prairie Cr, Le Sueur Cr, and numerous artificial channels like County Ditch Number Thirtyfour and County Ditch Number Fiftyone. These ditches reflect the intensive agricultural transformation of the wet prairie, connecting natural bodies such as Thomas Lake, Rice Lake, and Ely Lake.

Genealogists will find an unusually high density of historic cemeteries marking the early German and European settlement patterns of the region. From the Salem German Evangelical Church Cem and German Cem to the Dresselville Cem and Saint Henry Cem, the map preserves the locations of community focal points often tied to early crossroads. Small hamlets like Saint Thomas and Saint Henry serve as anchors in a grid of section roads and townships that have maintained their agrarian character for over a century.