1947 Map of Chula

About this map

Medicine Creek and its complex network of tributaries, including Muddy Creek, Parson Creek, and Little Muddy Creek, define the agricultural landscape of northern Missouri in the mid-1940s. This survey captures a rural world organized by a dense grid of country schools and churches, such as Mt Gilead Ch, Eureka Ch, and New York Sch, many of which served as the social heart of their respective townships. The map documents the vital transport corridors of the era, from the north-south route of Highway 139 through Chula to the major east-west line of U.S. Highway 36 passing through Wheeling and Meadville. This period represents the peak of rail integration in the region, with the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific, Chicago Burlington and Quincy, and Wabash railroads all traversing the county, supporting the small-town economies of Norville and Sturges.