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1953 Map of Clinton South

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Clinton South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Clinton serves as the regional anchor on this survey, showing a dense grid of residential streets and civic institutions like City Hall, the Post Office, and several local schools including Washington Sch and Franklin Sch. The landscape is defined by the convergence of the South Grand River and Deepwater Creek, where the later expansion of the Harry S Truman Reservoir has significantly altered the original riverbanks.

Evidence of the area's industrial and rural past is scattered throughout the township, from the Johnson Mine and Hilty Mine to the small village of Deepwater in the south. Local education and faith are represented by rural landmarks like Independence Sch and the Brethren Ch. Transport corridors are dominated by the Missouri Kansas Texas and St Louis-San Francisco railroads, which once moved coal and agricultural goods across the Missouri plains.