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1966 Map of Avant

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Avant
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The town of Avant occupies a bend in Bird Creek where the Midland Valley corridor provides a natural path through the hills of Osage County. Surveyed in the mid-1960s, this landscape is defined by the high ground of Bigheart and Black Dog, which dominate the central and southern portions of the quadrangle. These names, along with the nearby Javine area, reflect the deep indigenous heritage of the region.

Industry and transport are woven into the terrain, from the quarries operating near the creek banks to the long pipelines and gaging stations monitoring the local waterways. Water remains the primary shaper of the geography here, with Candy Creek, Field Creek, and Quapaw Creek carving deep drainages. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of the Avant Cem and Lombard Cem, situated on high ground away from the floodplains.