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1929 Map of Kongsberg

Name: 1929 Topographic Map of Kongsberg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1929
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1929

About this map

Kongsberg and Ruso anchor this 1920s survey of the central North Dakota prairie, where the Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie railroad cuts a diagonal path through the glacial terrain. The landscape is defined by the transitions between McHenry, McLean, and Ward counties, marked by numerous small kettle lakes and depressions such as Otis Lake and Strawberry Lake. High points like Dogden Butte and Little Butte provide orientation in an otherwise undulating expanse of Brown, Otis, and Butte townships.

Local rural life is reflected in the dense network of one-room schoolhouses that once served these agrarian communities. Genealogists and historians can trace the specific locations of the Bowers Sch, Langridge Sch, Ward Sch, and Jesson Sch, scattered across the section lines. These landmarks, along with named drainage features like Spring Coulee and Blacktail Creek, document a period of established settlement before the consolidation of rural infrastructure.