2023 Map of Sprague Lake NE

About this map

Crab Creek and its tributaries, including Rock Creek and Buttermilk Creek, carve through the undulating scablands of Lincoln County. The small settlement of Canby sits in the northern reaches of the area, serving as a focal point for the local network of section roads. This landscape is defined by the Jeffersonian grid, where routes like Bluestem Rd E and Kintschi Rd E provide access to the expansive agricultural and grazing lands between the coulees. For genealogists and local historians, the Sassin Cem remains a significant landmark of early community life. The distribution of family-named roads, such as Mecklenburg Rd N, Wollweber Rd N, and Polenske Rd N, suggests a history of European settlement and the establishment of family farmsteads throughout the townships of T22N and T23N.