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1946 Map of Charleston

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Charleston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Charleston serves as the focal point of this mid-century survey, situated along the Missouri Pacific line at the boundary of Sebastian and Franklin counties. The landscape is defined by a transition from the agricultural expanses of Prairie and Weaver to the northern edge of the Fort Chaffee Military Reservation. This military influence is clearly marked by features such as Engineer Lake and a Concrete dugout near Potato Hill.

Industry and local life are evident through numerous resource extraction sites, including a Strip mine, a Pit, and an Abandoned strip mine near Charleston Lake. Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of family-named burial grounds like Killings Cemetery, Hickory Ridge Cemetery, and Burt Cemetery. Small local hubs such as Beverly and Ursula appear alongside the Rosenwall School, illustrating the rural social infrastructure that existed before later decades of consolidation and development.