2017 Map of Coldwater Lake NW

About this map

Miller Lake and several smaller unnamed water bodies punctuate this section of the Prairie Pothole Region in North Dakota. The landscape is defined by the Public Land Survey System, with a rigid grid of gravel roads like 85th St SE and 57th Ave SE following section lines across t132n r68w and t131n r68w. This layout reflects the enduring agrarian structure of the Northern Plains, where homesteading patterns remain visible in the placement of farmsteads and rural institutions. Significant for local family historians are the isolated burial grounds that served these farming communities, specifically the German Baptist Cem in the northwest and the Berlin Baptist Church Cem in the southeast. These cemeteries provide a fixed point of reference for the German-Russian heritage common to the area, situated along thoroughfares such as Federal Aid Rd and Co Rd 9.