2021 Map of New Holland

About this map

Harrison and New Holland anchor this 2021 survey of the Douglas County prairie, illustrating a landscape defined by organized section-line roads and a carefully managed water system. The area's agricultural heritage is reflected in the proximity of three local burial grounds: Ebenezer Cem, Harrison Cem, and New Holland Cem. Water management is a critical feature of this terrain, with the Garden Valley Ditch and Meadow Drain cutting across the grid to direct runoff toward New Holland Lake. These irrigation and drainage works, alongside the strictly rectangular road network of avenues and streets, reveal how human engineering has adapted the plains for sustainable farming. For local historians, the map offers a precise look at the contemporary layout of these small settlements and their relationship to the surrounding township boundaries.