1965 Map of St. Joseph

About this map

St Joseph serves as the central hub of this Stearns County landscape, where the Great Northern railroad cuts a direct line through the prairie and woodland. The map documents a rural transition in the mid-1960s, punctuated by numerous localized industry sites such as the many Gravel Pits and a Quarry near the Sauk River. To the northwest, the community of Collegeville stands near the North Fork Watab River, while several numbered schoolhouses, including School No 1919 and School No 2004, indicate the persistent structure of early twentieth-century rural school districts. Water defines the edges of the quadrangle, from Watab Lake and Rossier Lake in the north to Pleasant Lake and the marshy expanse of Mud Lake in the south. Genealogists may find value in the precise locations of Stranger Cem and Staples Cem along the river bends.