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2015 Map of Burfordville

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Burfordville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

The Burfordville Covered Bridge spans the waters near the village of Burfordville, anchoring a landscape defined by the winding course of Upper Whitewater Creek and Byrd Cr. This portion of Missouri reflects a long history of rural settlement, evidenced by the high density of family and community burial grounds, including the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Spivey Cemetery, and Borneman Cemetery. The topography transitions from the alluvial bottomlands to the prominent Rocky Ridge in the south.

Water management and recreation are central to the area, with Lake Girardeau serving as a major feature alongside smaller bodies of water like Cypress Lake and Little Oak Lake. Small crossroad communities such as Crump, Gravel Hill, and Clippard are connected by a dense network of county roads, showing the established parceling of the land under the Public Land Survey System. The map documents the persistent agricultural and residential patterns of Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties in the early 21st century.