2015 Map of Argo

About this map

The Little Bourbeuse River winds through the heart of this Missouri landscape, defining the rural character of the borderlands between Franklin, Crawford, and Gasconade counties. The settlement patterns shown here are deeply tied to family legacies, evidenced by the high density of small family burial grounds such as Old Japan Cemetery, Walker Cemetery, and Bacon Cemetery. In the northern portion of the map, the community of Japan sits near the headwaters of Long Br, while the town of Bourbon occupies the southeastern corner. The transition from the more developed corridor near Bourbon to the scattered farms and creek bottoms like Opossum Cr and Rocky Br illustrates the mid-20th-century persistence of remote rural life. Water features including Nolie Lake North and Holmstrom North Lake dot the ridges above the river valley, showing later alterations to the natural drainage.