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1964 Map of Belfast

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Belfast
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The small settlement of Belfast serves as the focal point of this mid-1960s landscape, situated along the Missouri Pacific railroad corridor. The area is characterized by its agricultural and forest clearing patterns, defined by several rural congregations and their associated burial grounds, including Palestine Ch and Corinth Ch, with Corinth Cem and Jones Cem nearby. The topography is shaped by a dense network of tributaries like Hurricane Creek and Wet Lost Creek, which drain the timbered ridges of Mars Hill.

Industry in this part of Grant County is represented by scattered Gravel Pit operations, indicating the extraction of local resources. This survey provides a clear view of the township boundaries, including Smith, Franklin, and Dekalb, during a period when the rural landscape was still heavily oriented toward family-named landmarks and local schoolhouses, such as the Mars Hill Ch school and church site.