1953 Map of Ellendale South

About this map

Ellendale anchors the northern edge of this mid-century survey, which documents the rural landscape straddling the North Dakota-South Dakota border. The township divisions of Palmyra, Ellendale, and Osceola organize a prairie terrain marked by ephemeral watercourses like Dry Branch and scattered Gravel Pits. The regional transport economy is defined by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad, which runs south past the small settlement of Winship. Local education and community nodes are prominent, with School No 16, Gustafson Sch, and Senn Sch serving the surrounding homesteads. This map illustrates the intersection of Dickey and Brown counties, capturing a period when one-room schoolhouses and remote rail sidings remained essential to the Dakota grain-belt infrastructure.