1974 Map of Benedict SE

About this map

Benedict serves as the primary focal point of this orthophotomap, which captures the prairie landscape of McLean County during the mid-1970s. Produced from high-altitude aerial photography, this map reveals the intensive agricultural patterns and the characteristic glacial pothole topography of the North Dakota plains. The detailed imagery provides a clear view of the rectilinear field boundaries and the network of section-line roads that defined rural life in this era. While the settlement of Benedict is the only named village, the map is an invaluable resource for researchers tracing 20th-century land use and the specific physical geography of the region before modern development or environmental changes might have altered these small water bodies and farmstead locations.