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1951 Map of Barling

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Barling
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

Camp Chaffee dominates this Sebastian County landscape, its expansive military infrastructure including an organized grid of streets, a swimming pool, and an athletic field south of Barling. The area exhibits a wartime and post-war transition, where traditional agricultural townships like Upper Township and Sulphur Township meet specialized institutional sites such as the tuberculosis sanitorium near Wildcat Mountain. Heavy industry is evidenced by several coal mines and strip mines located near the Missouri Pacific railroad tracks.

Local life is anchored by landmarks such as St Marys Ch and Sch and the Rye Hill Church, while the northern border is defined by the Arkansas River near Haroldton. From the Drive-in Theater in the west to the southern settlement of New Jenny Lind, the map provides a look at a region shaped by both its natural hydrology, including Little Vache Grasse Creek, and the massive federal footprint of the mid-century military reservation.