2020 Map of Hansboro SW

About this map

The agricultural grid of Towner County is etched across this prairie landscape, defined by a regular network of section lines and gravel roads such as Picton Rd and 100th St Ne. Two sites of local genealogical significance, the Finnish Cem and Mount View Cem, remain as landmarks of the early homesteading era when Scandinavian and European settlers established these remote townships. The terrain is marked by numerous prairie potholes and wetlands, with the larger drainage of Big Coulee cutting through the southeastern corner of the quadrangle. This survey illustrates the enduring persistence of the Public Land Survey System, where townships like t162n r68w are carved into a geometric pattern that still dictates the flow of movement and settlement in rural North Dakota.