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1953 Map of Calhoun West

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Calhoun West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

The Missouri Kansas Texas railroad cuts a diagonal path through Henry County, anchoring the small settlements of Calhoun and Lewis in the early 1950s. This landscape is a patchwork of small-scale agriculture and rural infrastructure, where local life centered around a dense network of country schoolhouses like Merritt Sch, Plum Grove Sch, and Highland Sch. The topography is defined by the winding paths of Tebo Creek and its tributaries, including Sand Creek and the West Fork Tebo Creek.

Evidence of local industry is visible in the scattered extraction sites, such as the Redding Mine and various unlabeled strip mines and gravel pits. These features, alongside landmarks like Drakes Chapel and the small siding at Nardeton, provide a clear picture of a Missouri community in transition, maintaining its traditional rural character while the landscape was being reshaped by regional development projects in the Missouri River Basin.