2011 Map of May Lake SW

About this map

The agricultural landscape of McIntosh County, North Dakota, is defined by a rigorous section-line grid of rural roads and scattered prairie potholes. The quietude of this landscape is punctuated by two specific sites of local genealogical significance: Kassel Cemetery and New Kassel Cemetery. These burial grounds reflect the heritage of the German-Russian settlers who established farms in this region of the Great Plains. The topography is predominantly open country, stitched together by routes such as 90th St SE and 32nd Ave SE, which facilitate the movement of equipment and grain across the rolling terrain. Small, unnamed wetlands and depressions are interspersed between the fields, typical of the glaciated plains of central North Dakota.