2021 Map of Yale

About this map

Yale anchors this rural landscape in Beadle County, where the town's grid of streets including Main St and 2nd St provides a rare concentrated settlement among the section lines of the South Dakota prairie. The landscape is defined by the winding paths of Pearl Cr and its tributary, Middle Pearl Cr, which cut through the agricultural blocks of t112n r60w and t112n r59w. For those researching family history in the region, two key sites are preserved: Trinity Cem located north of town near 200th St, and Dixon Cem to the southeast. The map reveals the rigid efficiency of the Public Land Survey System, with a nearly perfect grid of gravel roads such as 414th Ave and 204th St dividing the terrain into expansive sections.