Carrington sits at the eastern edge of this landscape, a prairie hub where the grid of city streets meets the wide agricultural expanse of Foster County. The town layout is clearly defined by early thoroughfares including Main St and 11th St N, while the local infrastructure is supported by the Carrington Municipal Airport. Outside the settlement, the terrain is shaped by the wandering paths of Pipestem Cr and Little Pipestem Cr, which drain into localized basins like Russell Lake. For those tracing family histories, the map identifies two significant burial grounds: the Carrington Cem near the northern town limits and the Longview Cem situated further south among the section lines. The presence of Scotts Slough in the northeast corner further illustrates the glacial depression topography characteristic of this part of North Dakota.
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1948 · New Rockford
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1948 · Cathay
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1948 · Carrington
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1949 · Cathay SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1950 · Carrington East
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1950 · Melville
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1950 · New Rockford SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1950 · Barlow
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1950 · Carrington SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1950 · Carrington West
USGS Topo · 1:24,000