2024 Map of May Lake NW

About this map

The drainage of South Branch Beaver Creek carves a path through this section of McIntosh County, defining a rural landscape shaped by the Public Land Survey System. The map reveals the deep roots of local pioneer and immigrant heritage through several family and community-aligned burial sites. Genealogists and historians will find significance in the presence of Old Kassel Cem, Beaver Creek Baptist Cem, and Saint Johns Cem, which represent the early spiritual and social centers of this prairie region. The grid-like road network, consisting of thoroughfares such as 81st St SE and 33rd Ave SE, illustrates the persistent township and range structure that has governed North Dakota’s agricultural development. Other local landmarks like Neudorf Cem and Ebenezer Cem stand as quiet markers of the families who settled these sections during the territory's expansion.