2021 Map of Estelline NE

About this map

Coteau des Prairies defines the rolling topography of this Deuel County landscape, where the high prairie gives way to the drainage systems of Hidewood Cr and Bullhead Run. This 2021 survey reveals a rural infrastructure built upon a rigid section line grid, with long-established cemeteries serving as primary historical markers. The presence of the Hidewood Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cem, alongside the Tabor Cem and the small Rose Family Cem, speaks to the enduring roots of the farming families who settled this portion of the eastern South Dakota plains. The map traces a modern transportation corridor cutting diagonally across the landscape, contrasting the historic township-and-range boundaries that have organized this agricultural region since the nineteenth century.