2014 Map of Minnewaukan West

About this map

Minnewaukan serves as the focal point of this Benson County landscape, situated where the prairies of North Dakota meet the receding western reaches of Devils Lake. The map details a strictly organized agricultural grid, with section lines defined by routes like 58th Ave NE and 47th St NE. This layout reflects the late 20th-century rural infrastructure, where modern highways like Nd-19 intersect with traces of earlier transit, such as Old ND-19. Evidence of the area's early pioneer and community heritage is found in several historic burial grounds scattered across the township, including Minnewaukan Cem, Saint Peter Cem, and Free Church Cem. To the south, the terrain descends toward the seasonal waters of Long Lake, illustrating the closed-basin drainage patterns characteristic of the Devils Lake Basin.