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1962 Map of Wood Lake

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Wood Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The Yellow Medicine River winds through this 1962 landscape, flanked by the township divisions of Sandnes, Wood Lake, Lucas, and Posen. This area of southwestern Minnesota is defined by its agricultural grid and a sophisticated network of water management, including County Ditch No 9, Judicial Ditch No 10, and the expansive Sand Lake Bed. At the junction of the Great Northern and the Chicago and North Western railroads sits Hanley Falls, while the town of Wood Lake is positioned further east near the water body of the same name and Mud Lake.

Genealogists and local historians will find several burial grounds mapped, such as East Cem, Lutheran Cem, and Methodist Cem, providing valuable spatial context for early family records. The inclusion of industrial features like various Gravel Pits and the Gaging Station on the river highlights the local economy and resource management of the early 1960s. The small settlement of Lorne appears in the northern reaches, emphasizing the rail-dependent development patterns of the era.