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1953 Map of Millarton

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Millarton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Millarton and Sharlow sit within a landscape defined by the expansive Minneapolis Flats during the early 1950s. This agricultural region of the Missouri River Basin is segmented into named townships such as Lenton, Sydney, and Severn, reflecting a highly organized rural settlement pattern. The Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie railroad provides the primary industrial artery, running north-south through the eastern portion of the sheet and connecting the small grain-handling centers to larger markets.

Local education is rooted in one-room prairie institutions like School No 2 and School No 3, which serve the surrounding farmsteads. The drainage network, featuring Buffalo Creek, Cottontail Creek, and the Wild Rice Slough near the southern border of Stutsman Co La Moure Co, illustrates the natural hydrology that influenced early road placement and land use. Scattered Gravel Pits indicate localized extraction for infrastructure development during this post-war era.