2020 Map of Ray SE

About this map

The German Cem sits as a lonely landmark within the sprawling agricultural grid of southeast Williams County, North Dakota. This section of the Great Plains is defined by a rigorous network of section lines, including 64th St NW and Prairie Rose Ave, which organize the landscape into the Public Land Survey System townships of T155N through T157N. The natural hydrology of Beaver Cr meanders through the lower sections, providing a sharp contrast to the straight-line geometry of the local transit corridors like Co Hwy 17. This 2020 record of the land preserves the modern footprint of rural life in the American north, where the infrastructure of regional travel—marked by routes such as Co Rd 8 and Co Hwy 17 A—interfaces with the intermittent wetlands and prairie drainages that have dictated land use since settlement.