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1950 Map of Bates City

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Bates City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The rolling hills of the Jackson Co Lafayette Co borderlands are defined by the winding course of Sni-A-Bar Creek and its many tributaries, including Seminary Branch and Horseshoe Creek. This mid-century landscape is predominantly rural, anchored by the community of Bates City and the edge of Oak Grove. The map reveals a dense network of country schools that served the farming population, such as Fish Sch, Harris Sch, and Fairview Sch.

Transport through the southern portion of the quadrangle is dominated by the Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroad, which parallels the main east-west thoroughfare near Bates City Cem. Local history is preserved in small family and community burial grounds, such as Anderson Cem and Campbell Cem, while the curious inclusion of Foster College Sch hints at the educational history of the area. The terrain transitions between the Sni-A-Bar, Clay, and Fort Osage townships, showing the land as it was before modern suburban expansion.