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1950 Map of Bokhoma

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Bokhoma
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Bokhoma and the nearby community of Moon anchor this topographic survey of southeastern Oklahoma, showing the landscape as it transitioned in the mid-20th century. The St Louis San Francisco railroad corridor serves as the primary artery through the region, connecting these small settlements and cutting through the dense timberlands of the Ouachita National Forest. This era of the map captures several essential rural institutions, including the Choctaw Ch and the Oak Ridge Sch, providing critical locations for genealogical research and local history studies.

The terrain is defined by a complex drainage network flowing toward the south, including North Caney Creek, McKinney Creek, and Norwood Creek. These waterways and their associated landforms influenced the placement of early homesteads and the Bokhoma Cem. The 1975 photorevisions reveal changes in land use and vegetation patterns within the forest boundaries, while maintaining the underlying 1950s survey data of the local road and rail infrastructure.