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1951 Map of Cedar Gap

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Cedar Gap
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Cedar Gap sits atop the Ozark divide where the St Louis-San Francisco railroad and U.S. Route 60 cross the high ridges of the Missouri landscape. This early 1950s survey documents a rural community centered around the headwaters of several significant drainages, including Finley Creek, Bryant Creek, and Baker Creek. The settlement pattern reflects the mid-century consolidation of rural life, evidenced by several discontinued educational sites such as Skylight Sch and Granada Sch.

Genealogists will find a wealth of specific local landmarks, from the Mt Zion Ch and Mt Zion Cem in the south to the Rush Cem Ch in the north. The map preserves the exact locations of family-named features like Gentry Sch and Gentry Cem, alongside smaller community anchors like Day Ch and Mountain Side Sch. The terrain is deeply etched by named hollows, including Panther Hollow and Smelter Hollow, which dictated the winding paths of the region's earliest roads and homesteads.