1950 Map of New Rockford

About this map

New Rockford serves as the focal point of this Eddy County survey, situated at the junction of the Great Northern railway and the winding James River. The map captures the community just as revisions in the mid-1970s reflected modern infrastructure like Tomlinson Field and the Water Works alongside traditional landmarks. Rural life is anchored by a series of numbered schoolhouses, including School No 1, School No 2, and School No 3, which delineate the townships of Munster, New Rockford, and Rosefield. To the south, the landscape is defined by wetlands such as Schwoebel Slough, while a State Game Refuge occupies a bend in the river east of town. For those tracing local history, the placement of the Prairie Home Cem and various Gravel Pits provides specific geographic markers of the era's land use and community layout.