2020 Map of Jessie

About this map

The unincorporated settlement of Jessie serves as the focal point for this Griggs County landscape, which remains defined by its agricultural grid and glacial water features. The terrain is relatively uniform across the central plains, though it is marked by the prominent elevation of Butte Michaud in the northeast and the course of the Sheyenne River cutting through the corner of the survey. The community's history is anchored by several burial grounds, including the Saint Lawrence Cem located just north of the townsite, the West Prairie Cem in the northwest, and the Hero Cem along the southern boundary. These cemeteries and the established network of section-line roads like 9th St NE and Co Rd 15 illustrate a durable pattern of rural settlement and local genealogy that has persisted into the twenty-first century.