2015 Map of Tulare

About this map

Tulare serves as the primary settlement in this section of the South Dakota plains, situated along a north-south transportation corridor near the eastern edge of the survey. The landscape is defined by the section-line grid of the Public Land Survey System, which organizes the prairie into orderly blocks. Turtle Creek meanders through the northwest, providing a rare natural break in the geometric road network. Near the center of the township, Garfield Cem stands as a local landmark for genealogists and family historians. Further south, the map identifies the location of Spottswood, where the boundary between Spink Co and Beadle Co is clearly delineated. The era’s rural infrastructure is evident in the systematic layout of numbered avenues and streets, such as 182nd St and 386th Ave, which connect the scattered farmsteads and agricultural holdings across these four townships.