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1965 Map of St. Thomas

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of St. Thomas
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

St Thomas and St Henry anchor this rural landscape in Le Sueur County, showing the agricultural and religious character of central Minnesota in the mid-1960s. The map reveals a high density of rural burial grounds serving early immigrant communities, including the Lutheran Cem, German Cem, and Dresselville Cem. These sites, along with the Sharon Cem and Hillside Cem, provide essential data for genealogical research in the townships of Tyrone, Derry Nane, Sharon, and Lexington.

The geography is defined by the drainage of Le Sueur Creek and Prairie Creek, while the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad cuts through the southeastern corner near the St Thomas State Wildlife Management Area. Numerous gravel pits and small water bodies like Thomas Lake, Rice Lake, and Ely Lake dot the terrain, illustrating the glacial topography and local extraction industries of the era.