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1957 Map of Bruno

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Bruno
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Muddy Boggy Creek and its tributary, Stringtown Creek, shape the northern landscape of this rural Oklahoma territory during the mid-1950s. The area is defined by a network of small school districts and community churches that served the outlying population of Atoka County. Features such as Harmony Sch, Forest Hill Sch, and Blackjack Sch reveal the distributed nature of local education before the era of major school consolidation.

Religious life was equally decentralized, with small congregations meeting at Buffalo Ch, Vera Ch, and New Zion Ch. Near the settlement of Bruno, a state route cuts across the terrain, providing a primary link between the various townships of Lewis, Bentley, and Caney. For genealogists, the map preserves the exact location of the Bethany Cem and several unnamed cemeteries, offering a clear spatial record of the homesteads and communities situated between Scratch Hill and the creek bottoms.