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1950 Map of Carrington West

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Carrington West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Carrington serves as the focal point of this mid-century survey of Foster County, where the plains are defined by glacial depressions and vital water sources like Scotts Slough and Russell Lake. The town's infrastructure at this time included a Municipal Airport and a prominent Trailer Park near the Burlington Northern railroad lines. The surrounding prairie is dotted with institutional markers of rural life, such as School No 1, School No 2, and a local Town Hall, reflecting a landscape of small, dispersed communities within the townships of Wyard and Longview.

Natural conservation is evident along the southern reaches of Pipestem Creek, which feeds into the National Waterfowl Production Area. This protected land highlights the region's importance to migratory birds and the natural prairie ecosystem. For those tracing local history, the map provides precise locations for the Carrington Cem and various bench marks that anchored the surveying of this central North Dakota terrain.