2011 Map of Claire City NE

About this map

Saint Pauls Cemetery and Ferkingstad Cemetery anchor the southern reaches of this rural landscape on the border of North and South Dakota. The terrain is defined by a rigid grid of section roads, including 155th Ave SE and 104th St, which trace the agricultural development of the region. A notable natural break in the geometric layout occurs near Indian Slough, where the hydrology of the plains disrupts the straight lines of the survey. The map records the persistence of local landmarks and historical burial sites in an area otherwise dominated by large-scale farming and arterial routes like County Rd 22. This survey illustrates how the systematic township-and-range division has structured the landscape, leaving small pockets for community heritage sites amidst the vast productive fields of the Heipa District.