2011 Map of Josephine

About this map

The small settlement of Josephine serves as the central point of this Benson County landscape, situated at the crossing of 59th Ave Ne and 37th St Ne. This portion of North Dakota is defined by its precise section-line grid, where roads like 38th St Ne and 60th Ave Ne carve the prairie into predictable agricultural plots. The uniform geometry of the road network is interrupted only by natural water features, most notably Stony Lake in the northeastern quadrant. The map reflects a modern rural environment where the placement of farmstead access roads and the preservation of scattered wetlands demonstrate the persistent relationship between the local geography and the Great Plains farming economy during the early twenty-first century.