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1934 Map of Bloomfield

Name: 1934 Topographic Map of Bloomfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

Bloomfield serves as the central hub of this Missouri landscape, situated where the rolling uplands meet the heavily engineered drainage systems of the southeast plains. The map reveals an intricate network of water management, with numerous numbered channels like Ditch No 34 and Ditch No 1 redirecting the flow around Clines Island and Panther Slough. This transition from hills to bottoms is reflected in the density of rural infrastructure, including a high concentration of country schools such as Gravel Hill Sch and Gum Point Sch.

Transportation corridors including the St Louis Southwestern and Missouri Pacific railroads connect agricultural centers like Essex and Dexter. Local genealogy and land use are preserved through family-named landmarks like Dowdy Cem and Bess Road, while the presence of an Artesian Well and numerous small churches like Union Grove Ch highlights the importance of shared community resources in the early 20th-century Missouri Bootheel.