1952 Map of Bradley NE

About this map

The State Game Refuge dominates the southern landscape of this Lafayette County region, where the terrain transitions from the elevations of Marsh Hill down toward the bottomlands of Bodcau Creek. The settlement pattern in the early 1950s is defined by a network of rural roads connecting small community anchors, particularly a high density of country churches and family burial grounds. Notable landmarks include Crossroads Ch, Piney Grove Ch, and St Jonah Ch, while the St Louis Southwestern railroad cuts through the western edge of the sheet. In the northeast, the land is marked by small-scale industrial activity such as a Gravel Pit. Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of sites like McClendon Cem, Demoss Cem, and the Primitive Cem, which are scattered throughout the low-lying drainage of Walker Creek and Heirs Branch.