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1960 Map of Lincoln Valley SE

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Lincoln Valley SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

Advent Cem stands as a focal point in this 1960 survey of Sheridan County, where the prairie landscape is defined by its rural education network and scattered glacial potholes. The townships of Lincoln Dale and Denhoff are mapped at a time when one-room schoolhouses remained essential community landmarks, including Lincoln Sch No 2, Lincoln Sch No 3, and Schiller Sch No 3. These schools, often named after local families or the districts they served, are joined by Mertz Sch No 3 and Hellman Sch No 4 in a grid-like pattern of settlement.

Water bodies such as Kindschi Lake and Stein Lake interrupt the expansive terrain, while several gravel pits indicate the local industry supporting the area's unimproved road system. This survey was conducted as part of the Department of the Interior's Missouri River Basin development program, providing an exact record of property lines and field boundaries just before significant changes in North Dakota's rural demographics and school consolidations.