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1949 Map of Lansford SE

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Lansford SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

The Great Northern railroad cuts a sharp diagonal line through this North Dakota landscape, serving as the industrial backbone for the settlements of Lansford and Forfar in the late 1940s. Situated on the border of Bottineau Co and Renville Co, the area is defined by its rural townships, including Van Buren, Elms, and Ensign.

Watercourses like Spring Coulee and Little Deep Creek meander across the prairie, while small-scale local infrastructure is represented by School No 4 and School No 2. A lone Cem and several gravel pits appear alongside the township lines, offering specific points of interest for genealogists tracing family land or historians studying the early post-war development of the Missouri River Basin. The map's detail reflects a transitional period when small rail-side communities like Forfar still functioned as vital nodes in the local agricultural economy.