1967 Map of Winnebago

About this map

The Blue Earth River carves a winding path through the center of this Faribault County landscape, serving as the primary geographical anchor for the city of Winnebago. During the late 1960s, this area functioned as a vital transportation hub where the Chicago and North Western and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroads intersected. The surrounding agricultural townships, including Verona, Shelby, and Winnebago City, are characterized by a sophisticated drainage network of judicial ditches, such as Judicial Ditch No 24 and Judicial Ditch No 11, which transformed the prairie for farming. Genealogists will find significant value in the documentation of several burial sites, including Rose Hill Cem, St Marys Cem, and Riverside Cem, while the northern portion of the map shows the transition of the Jackson Lakebed into manageable terrain.