1989 Map of Cave City

About this map

Cave City serves as the central hub of this landscape, situated where the boundary of Sharp Co and Independence Co meets. The area is defined by a series of small, dispersed communities and family landmarks, such as Maxville and Hickory Valley, connected by a network of creeks like South Big Creek and Wooldridge Creek. Genealogists will find significant value in the numerous well-documented burial grounds and rural places of worship, including the Gray Chapel Cem, Palestine Ch, and the Maxville Missionary Baptist Ch. The physical terrain is punctuated by named rises like White Hill and Bray Hill, while water resources like Spring Lake and the South Fork drainage illustrate the importance of the local watershed to these small Arkansas settlements during the late 1980s.