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1916 Map of Campbell Hill

Name: 1916 Topographic Map of Campbell Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The Mississippi River defines the southwestern edge of this survey, winding past significant riverfront landmarks like Potato Bend and Bishop Landing. This 1916 landscape captures a transition from the rugged bluffs near Fountain Bluff to the established uplands of Jackson and Randolph Counties. Two major railroads, the St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern and the Mobile and Ohio, intersect the region, driving the growth of coal-mining and agricultural centers. Communities such as Willisville, Campbell Hill, and Ava appear at a time when the local economy was anchored by these rail corridors.

Rural life is densely documented through a network of one-room schoolhouses like Oak School, Buchanan School, and Mound Ridge School. Along the river bottomlands, the map shows early drainage efforts with the Drainage Ditch and identifies remote crossings and landings such as Wagners Landing, providing a detailed view of the era's transport and settlement patterns before modern infrastructure transformed the Mississippi corridor.