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1944 Map of Barry

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Barry
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Cincinnati Landing and the La Motte Reservation anchor this stretch of the Mississippi River floodplain during the mid-1940s. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of sloughs and chutes, including Swain Slough and Jim Young Chute, which cut through a complex of river islands such as Gilbert Island and Denmark Island. This survey illustrates the vital relationship between the river valley and the uplands, where the Wabash Railroad serves settlements like Barry and Kinderhook.

A dense concentration of neighborhood landmarks reflects a deeply settled rural society. Dozens of country schools, such as Whitteton School and Grubb Hollow School, are distributed across the townships, alongside quiet sites like White Chapel and the Hornback Cemetery. The drainage patterns, managed through the Sny Cutoff and Walnut Creek Ditch, reveal the engineering efforts required to sustain agriculture in the fertile but wet bottomlands near New Canton.