2017 Map of Buttzville

About this map

Buttzville sits at the southeastern edge of this North Dakota landscape, where the prairie is defined by the winding course of the South Branch Maple River. The terrain is marked by a grid of rural sections, with local history anchored at sites like West Saint Olaf Cem in the northeastern quadrant. The river system, labeled variously as the S Br Maple River and its full southern branch name, meanders across the flat agricultural lands, creating pockets of wetlands between the section roads. A network of local infrastructure connects these farms, primarily through routes like Co Hwy 135 and a series of numbered avenues and streets that follow the rigid Public Land Survey System grid. This map records the late-twentieth-century character of Ransom County, where the transition from open prairie to managed farmland is fully established.