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1954 Map of Chesterfield

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Chesterfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The Missouri River corridor dominates this mid-century landscape, separating the floodplain of Greens Bottom from the rising bluffs of St Louis Co. The area is defined by its transition from agricultural bottomlands to burgeoning suburban settlements like Chesterfield and Bellefontaine. This era shows a complex hydraulic infrastructure along the river, including the County Waterworks and St Louis City Waterworks at Howard Bend, situated near where the Chicago and Pacific tracks parallel the waterway.

South of the river, the interior is a network of ridges and creeks, including Caulks Creek and Bonhomme Creek, where local history is anchored by rural institutions. Features such as St Thomas Ch, St Johns Ch, and the Bellefontaine Sch appear alongside established thoroughfares like Olive Street Road. The presence of Gumbo Cem and Evergreen Cem offers valuable reference points for genealogists tracing the early families of Bonhomme and Meramec townships.