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1976 Map of Blytheville

Name: 1976 Topographic Map of Blytheville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The sprawling Blytheville Air Force Base dominates the northwestern landscape of this Mississippi County survey, featuring its strategic runway and surrounding facilities near Gosnell. To the southeast, the city of Blytheville serves as the regional hub, connected to outlying agricultural communities like Armorel and Burdette by a network of drainage ditches and the St Louis San Francisco RR. The eastern boundary is defined by the shifting course of the Mississippi River, where river features like Ashport Bend and Forked Deer Island mark the state line with Tennessee.

Local history is preserved in the numerous country churches and cemeteries that dot the floodplains, including New Morning Star Ch and Sandy Ridge Cem. The transition from the intensive military presence at the air base to the riverfront operations at Barfield and the Anderson Tully State Wildlife Mgt Area illustrates the dual identity of this Delta region as both a Cold War outpost and a traditional river economy.