2020 Map of Keene

About this map

Keene serves as the central hub of this western North Dakota landscape, situated within a section of the Little Missouri National Grassland. The terrain is defined by the prominent Blue Buttes to the south and Stony Butte to the east, illustrating the broken topography characteristic of the Missouri Plateau. For genealogists and local historians, the map preserves the locations of the West Prairie Cem and Clear Creek Cem, which mark the early 20th-century settlement patterns of McKenzie County. A network of rural section-line roads, including Co Rte 55 and Co Rte 12, connects these remote sites. The drainage systems of Clear Cr, its North Branch, and Sand Cr carve through the high prairie, dictating the placement of ranching infrastructure and local thoroughfares.