New Town sits as a planned settlement on the edge of the Missouri River valley, overlooking the expansive waters of Lake Sakakawea. The street grid reflects the town's modern origin, with numbered corridors like 40th St NW and College Dr framing the residential and commercial blocks. To the east of the town center, the New Town Municipal Airport provides a key transportation link for this portion of Mountrail County. The landscape is dominated by the intricate shoreline of the lake, which reaches into the local topography through several finger-like inlets and bays. A network of rural section-line roads, including 88th Ave NW and 32nd St NW, extends from the town site into the surrounding agricultural plains, mapping the late-twentieth-century transition from municipal hub to wide-open prairie.
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1953 · Williston
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1953 · Watford City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Williston
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Watford City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1967 · Watford City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1967 · Sanish
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1967 · Sanish SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1967 · New Town SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1967 · New Town SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1981 · Belden SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000