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1945 Map of Berryman

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Berryman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Huzzah Creek and Courtois Creek carve deep through this portion of the Clark National Forest, creating a landscape defined by sharp ridges and narrow hollows in the mid-1940s. The settlement at Berryman serves as a central point, surrounded by a network of rural schools and churches such as Berryman Sch and the Ozark Gospel Center. This era in Crawford County and Washington County shows a reliance on topographic high points for fire observation, with both the Westover Lookout and Czar Lookout positioned to monitor the surrounding timberlands.

Local genealogy is well-represented through family-named landmarks and small burial grounds including Gibbs Cem, Criswell Cem, and Turnbulls Cem. The map reveals a highly localized economy and social structure, where community life centered around places like Davisville and Quaker, and isolated hollows like Cherry Valley and Keener Hol offered limited but vital access through the timbered interior.