Maps

1895 Rand McNally Atlas map

1911

Townships

Nelson County

Nelson county is located in the eastern part of the state, about 40 miles from the eastern boundary line, in what is known as "The Famous Wheat and Flax Belt."

Nelson county has long been regarded one of the very best counties in the state. It is bordering on the Red River Valley and one year with another has had better average crops than the Red River Valley. In 1895 it led all the state with an enormous average yield of 25 bushels of wheat per acre.

The surface is a gently rolling prairie, covered in its natural state with a rich growth of most nutritious grasses.

Besides many small lakes, we have Stump Lake, or Lake Wamduska, the second in size in the state; a beautiful and romantic sheet of water 15 miles in length, whose waters are fast becoming famed for their medicinal properties, a delightful resort for bathing, boating and hunting.

The Sheyenne River, the principal stream, flows through the southern part of the county. It abounds in fish of various kinds, and along its fertile valley, and on the shores of the lakes, are beautiful groves of natural timber. Cultivated trees also do well, with proper care, and scattered over the county are many groves platted by the hand of man.

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Extracted from Lakota, North Dakota, published in 1901, pages 4-6.

Townships

Adler
Bergen
Central
Clara
Dahlen
Dayton
Dodds

Enterprise
Field
Forde
Hamlin
Illinois
Lakota
Lee

Leval
Melvin
Michigan
Nash
Nesheim
Ora
Osago

Petersburg
Rubin
Rugh
Sarnia
Wamduska
Williams

Places

Adler – historical
Aneta – named for Anna Roseta Mitchell, the postmaster's wife
Baconville – historical
Bue – historical
Crosier – historical
Dahlen

Harrisburg – historical
Kloten
Lakota – county seat
Lee – historical
Mapes - ghost town
McVille – pronounced "Mack-Ville"
Michigan City

Ottofy – historical
Pekin
Pelto – historical
Petersburg
Tolna
Wamduska – historical
Whitman

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