2009 Map of Navarre

About this map

Navarre and the smaller settlement of Pearl anchor this grid-dominated landscape in Dickinson County, where the plains are etched by several vital watercourses. The local hydrology is defined by the wandering paths of Carry Creek, West Branch Lyon Creek, and Swenson Creek, which cut through a strictly ordered network of section-line roads like Oat Rd and Paint Rd. Family and community history is anchored by the Scheittler Cemetery in the northwest and Riffel Cemetery further east. The map illustrates a classic Midwestern agricultural pattern where small rural villages were spaced to serve the surrounding farmsteads. The road nomenclature, including numeric avenues like 1500 Ave, reflects the organized township-and-range surveying system that persists today as the primary framework for transportation and land ownership in the region.