2020 Map of Voltaire

About this map

Voltaire sits near the southern edge of this McHenry County landscape, positioned where the grid of rural section roads meets the natural drainage of Blacktail Coulee. The northern reaches are defined by the meandering path of the Souris River, which carves through the prairie near River Rd N. This 2020 survey illustrates a characteristic North Dakota township pattern, where small family and community burial sites are scattered across the plains to serve isolated farmsteads. Genealogists will find several notable locations, including Hjerdahl Lutheran Cem, Westgaard Cem, and Walley Cem. The geography is further marked by local water bodies such as Stink Lake and Lake Hester, which provide essential landmarks in an otherwise highly organized agricultural landscape of section lines and range boundaries.