1963 Map of Kempton

About this map

The Great Northern railroad tracks define the north-south axis of this prairie landscape during the early 1960s, cutting through the township of Larimore and passing the small siding of Kempton. The map reveals a highly structured agricultural grid, where fine red dashed lines indicate the field and fence boundaries that organized North Dakota farming at this time. Waterways like Hazen Brook in the northeast and the Goose River in the southwest break the geometric regularity of the section lines.