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2012 Map of Browning

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Browning
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

The town of Browning serves as the focal point for this rural Missouri landscape, where the confluence of several water systems—including Locust Creek, West Locust Creek, and Mairs Branch—dictates the agricultural and road layout. The region is remarkably dense with family-named burial grounds, such as Schrock Cemetery, Hatcher Cemetery, and Dry Ridge Cemetery, providing a significant record of the area's genealogical history.

North of the small settlement at Cora, the terrain is marked by smaller water features like Fields Lake and infrastructure such as Jones Dam. The rural road network, with names like Viking Rd and Timber Rd, connects these remote farmsteads and cemeteries across the northern Missouri plains. The distribution of these sites suggests a long-established rural community organized around the creek valleys and local landholdings.