1940s Maps of Divide County, North Dakota

1. 1947 Map of Noonan, 1963 Print

   

   1947 Noonan

   1963 Print · USGS

   The North Dakota borderlands come alive in the late 1940s, showing a prairie landscape shaped by coal mining and competing rail lines. Genealogists and historians can trace local farm life through several rural schools and the neighboring settlements of Noonan and Kermit.

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4. 1948 Map of Smoky Butte

   

   1948 Smoky Butte

   1948 Print · USGS

   Divide County is captured here in the late 1940s, showing a prairie landscape of isolated farmsteads and rural schoolhouses. Genealogists can locate family landmarks like the Herman Cem or trace local history through Roseville No 2 Sch and Musta Lake.

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7. 1948 Map of Alamo N.E.

   

   1948 Alamo N.E.

   1948 Print · USGS

   Northwestern North Dakota is captured here just after the war, showing a landscape of prairie potholes and township sections. Genealogists can locate the East Opdal Cem (Old), Liberty Sch, and the Great Northern rail line.

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10. 1948 Map of Crosby SW

    

    1948 Crosby SW

    1948 Print · USGS

    Divide County in the late 1940s shows a landscape of distributed farmsteads and rural townships before the era of school consolidation. Genealogists can trace local landmarks like Bethlehem Ch, the Town Hall, and several schoolhouses including Lexington Sch.

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13. 1948 Map of Ambrose

    

    1948 Ambrose

    1948 Print · USGS

    The northern border of Divide County comes into focus in the years after the war, where the Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie railroad serves the prairie town of Ambrose. Trace local roots at Emmanuel Ch and identify early district schoolhouses like School No 1.

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16. 1948 Map of Stady

    

    1948 Stady

    1948 Print · USGS

    Divide County farming life in the late forties is recorded here, where isolated schoolhouses and country churches formed the backbone of the community. Genealogists can locate family landmarks like Stady, Rudser Ch, and Elmgren No. 3 Sch.

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19. 1948 Map of Bright Water Lake

    

    1948 Bright Water Lake

    1948 Print · USGS

    Divide County farming country is documented here just after the war, showing the precise grid of North Dakota's rural townships. Genealogists can locate specific homestead sites near Skabo Ch and several local schools like Outlook No 1 Sch.

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22. 1948 Map of Crosby

    

    1948 Crosby

    1948 Print · USGS

    Divide County sits at the international border in the late 1940s, anchored by the rail hub at Crosby. Researchers can trace the dual rail lines of the Great Northern and the Soo Line, alongside family-history landmarks like St Patricks Cem and rural schools.

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25. 1948 Map of Crosby SE

    

    1948 Crosby SE

    1948 Print · USGS

    Divide County townships are captured here in the late 1940s, showing the early post-war prairie landscape of northwestern North Dakota. Genealogists and local historians can locate community landmarks such as Town Hall, Hawkeye Sch, and McCullough Sch.

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28. 1949 Map of Columbus SW

    

    1949 Columbus SW

    1949 Print · USGS

    Northwestern North Dakota's coal and farming country is captured here in the late forties, detailing a landscape of dispersed prairie homesteads. Genealogists can locate family landmarks like South St Olaf Ch, School No 2, and the Prairie Chapel Cem.

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31. 1949 Map of Paulson

    

    1949 Paulson

    1949 Print · USGS

    The northern prairie of Divide County meets the international boundary in the late 1940s, revealing a landscape of remote farmsteads and rail sidings. Genealogy researchers can locate the Town Hall, Bounty Sch, and the rail junction at Paulson.

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34. 1949 Map of Atcoal

    

    1949 Atcoal

    1949 Print · USGS

    North Dakota's northern coal country is captured here shortly after the war, showing the industrial landscape along the international border. Genealogists and industrial historians can trace early mining operations at the Strip Mine and find rural landmarks like Strange Siding and School No 4.

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37. 1949 Map of Noonan SW

    

    1949 Noonan SW

    1949 Print · USGS

    Divide County was a landscape of small rural school districts and prairie parishes shortly after the war. Researchers can trace the exact locations of local landmarks like Blooming Prairie Ch and schools like Bluffton No 2 Sch and McCullough No 2 Sch.

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40. 1949 Map of Noonan SE

    

    1949 Noonan SE

    1949 Print · USGS

    Divide County, North Dakota, was a landscape of lignite mining and remote prairie schoolhouses at the end of the 1940s. Trace the rural roots of local families at Bluffton Sch No 1, Highland Sch No 1, and the Zion Ch.

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43. 1949 Map of Noonan

    

    1949 Noonan

    1949 Print · USGS

    Noonan and the northern Divide County borderlands are captured here in the late 1940s, showing a landscape defined by mining and rail. Local researchers can trace the early industrial footprint of the Coal Field and Strip Mine near Kermit and Bluffton.

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