2020 Map of Hannover NE

About this map

Fort Clark sits at the northeastern corner of this rural landscape, marking a historical point of settlement near the border of Mercer and Oliver counties. The terrain is defined by a dendritic drainage pattern of prairie creeks, including Square Butte Cr in the south and Clerks Cr and Chardon Cr to the north. These waterways cut through the high ground as they move toward the Missouri River valley just beyond the map's edge. The rural infrastructure follows a rigid section-line grid, typical of the Great Plains, where numbered roads like 12th St SW and 18th St SW connect isolated farmsteads and communal landmarks. For genealogists and local historians, the presence of Bagley Cem and Saint Pauls Lutheran Cem provides specific points of interest for tracing early families in the region.