1970 Map of Kranzburg SW

About this map

Stray Horse Creek meanders through the undulating agricultural landscape of the Kranzburg and Havana townships, defining the local drainage and topography in the early 1970s. This survey captures a rural prairie environment at the intersection of Codington, Deuel, and Hamlin counties, where land division is marked by an extensive network of section lines and fences. A prominent Railroad Grade cuts through the northeastern terrain, indicating former transit corridors that once served the grain-producing regions near Goodwin. Evidence of local administration and industry is scattered across the township, from the centrally located Townhall in Hamlin County to various Gravel Pit excavations and isolated wells that supported the area's farming economy and rural infrastructure during this period of South Dakota's development.