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1949 Map of Granville

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Granville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The town of Granville sits as a central hub in McHenry County, anchored by the Great Northern railroad tracks that cut across the southern prairie. This late-1940s landscape is defined by its complex drainage systems, including Egg Creek, South Egg Creek, and the winding Hay Coulee. To the east, the waters of Buffalo Lake and North Lake dominate the terrain, separated by the prominent Buffalo Lodge Butte.

A network of numbered rural schoolhouses, including School No 1, School No 2, and School No 4, highlights the distributed nature of the local farming community. Genealogists and researchers can locate the Granville Cem just outside the town site, while several Gravel Pit locations and windmills scattered across the sections indicate the early-century industrial and agricultural activities of the region. The map preserves the specific township and range lines that structured the settlement of this North Dakota territory.