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2012 Map of Alma

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Alma
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Alma serves as the primary hub of this Lafayette County landscape, surrounded by a systematic grid of country roads and family-named water features. The agricultural character of the era is defined by numerous small impoundments, including Lovercamp Lake Dam, Stockman Lake Dam, and the Nienhueser North Lake Dam, which dot the drainages of the Salt Fork and Davis Creek.

Genealogists will find significant local history in the cluster of burial grounds nearby, such as the Lutheran Cemetery, Maple Cemetery, and Corder Cemetery. The road network preserves several older designations, with routes like Bethel Church Rd, Topel School Rd, and Eureka School Rd hinting at the locations of former community focal points. The terrain is further etched by the winding courses of Elm Branch and Dyer Rock Creek, which cut through the steady geometry of the Missouri farmland.