1973 Map of Bearden

About this map

The timbered lowlands of the Ouachita and Calhoun county line center on the rail-aligned community of Bearden. The St Louis Southwestern railroad corridor dictates the settlement pattern, connecting the town to rural outposts like Macedonia Church and Mt Olive Church. The landscape is a complex network of wetlands and small water bodies, including Covington Pond, North Pond, and Middle Pond, which drain into the meandering Little Champagnolle Creek. A significant portion of the southern landscape is occupied by the East Camden and Highland Abandoned Ammunition Depot, showing a vast grid of storage bunkers and service roads. Genealogists will find several family-named landmarks and burial sites such as Mossy Hill Cemetery, Harlow Cemetery, and the Hugh Jones terrain feature, reflecting the deep-rooted local history of this Arkansas river-basin region.