1972 Map of New Effington NE

About this map

The North Dakota South Dakota Boundary bisects this landscape, dividing the northern townships of Greendale and La Mars from Victor to the south. The terrain is defined by the sweeping course of Big Slough, which meanders through the southern half of the quadrangle. For genealogists and local historians, the map is remarkably well-documented with several rural burial sites, including Old Brandvold Cem, Brandvold Ch Cem, and St Nicholas Cem. These sites, along with Tyson Cem to the northwest, offer a precise look at early settlement patterns near the Sisseton Indian Reservation border. Transportation is anchored by the Soo Line railroad, which runs across the southern townships, marking the infrastructure that once supported these prairie agricultural communities in the early 1970s.