2021 Map of Claire City

About this map

Claire City and the surrounding Roberts County prairie are defined by a grid of agricultural section lines and the winding course of the Little Minnesota River. The landscape is a study in early twentieth-century ethnic and religious settlement patterns, evidenced by a series of distinct cemeteries that reflect the heritage of the families who worked this land. From Saint Boniface Cem near the town site to the Nidaros Cem, Norway Cem, and Stavanger Cem scattered across the township, these sites provide a clear record of the communities that formed around the rail-and-road corridor. The small settlement of Hammer sits in the northeast, connected by a network of county roads like Co RD 23 and Co RD 12 that tie these rural outposts together.