2017 Map of Hazelton NW

About this map

Horsehead Creek meanders through this portion of North Dakota, defining the drainage patterns across a landscape organized by the Public Land Survey System. The map documents rural Emmons County during a period of modern agricultural use, where the straight lines of section boundaries and section roads like 1st Ave SW contrast with the winding paths of natural waterways. Genealogists and local historians will find significant value in the presence of family-linked sites, specifically the Gimble Cemetery in the western reaches and the Fredrich Merkel Cemetery located near the southeastern corner. These small burial grounds serve as quiet markers of the families who settled this prairie land. The topography is further characterized by Badger Creek and a network of gravel roads, including Faw Cett Pl and Main Ave, that connect the isolated farmsteads and fields of the high plains.