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1967 Map of Ashland

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Ashland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

The community of Ashland and its surrounding countryside in Pittsburg County are captured here in the late 1960s, showing a landscape defined by ranching and resource extraction. The eastern edge of the map is dominated by the U S Naval Ammunition Depot, a military reservation featuring an organized grid of access roads such as Road Five and Road Six. This installation contrasts sharply with the irregular terrain of the western half, where Ranch Creek and Coon Creek wind through the hills of the Stuart and Jackson districts.

Local history is preserved in the location of the Ward Springs Cem and small rural congregations like Bohannon Ch and Friendship Ch. Prominent landmarks such as Yellow Hill and Bethel Hill rise above a network of secondary routes like Ashland Road, which connect the town to outlying points like Ward Springs and Sassafras. The presence of several Gas Wells, Sandpits, and Gravel Pits underscores the local economy's reliance on the land's underlying geology.