1961 Map of Cooperstown West

About this map

The eastern edge of Cooperstown serves as the primary hub of activity in this North Dakota landscape, where the Burlington Northern railroad corridor dictates the regional orientation. Extending across the townships of Clearfield, Helena, Cooperstown, and Ball Hill, the map reveals a prairie environment defined by depressions and scattered water bodies, most notably Lake Five. The landscape is dotted with several Gravel Pits, signaling the local extraction industries that supported road and rail construction during the mid-20th century. To the south, the small settlement of Shepard marks a secondary point along the rail line, providing a focused view of rural life and transit in Griggs County during the early 1960s. This survey, later updated with photorevisions, documents the steady agricultural and industrial footprint of the High Plains.