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1953 Map of Billingsville

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Billingsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

The Missouri River and Lamine River converge in this mid-century portrait of Cooper County, Missouri, where river commerce and rail transport once dictated the local economy. The city of Boonville anchors the northeast, showing a transition from the historic riverfront toward modern infrastructure like the Boonville Airport and Radio Tower. Two major rail lines, the Missouri Pacific and Kansas Texas Missouri, slice through the landscape, serving as the backbone for rural townships.

Smaller crossroads communities like Billingsville and Lamine are depicted alongside their social foundations, including the Evangelical Ch and several local schools. Of particular interest to genealogists and historians are the Hickory Grove Sch and Stony Point Sch, which were already marked as abandoned by the 1950s. The presence of a Historical Marker near Slaughterhouse Bend and the Pheasant Hill Cem provides specific data points for tracing family roots and local lore across the agricultural plateaus.