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1961 Map of Cole Camp

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Cole Camp
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Cole Camp serves as the central hub of this Missouri landscape, situated just as the rail lines influenced local development in the early 1960s. The presence of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad, along with a clearly marked Old Railroad Grade, illustrates the shifting transportation patterns of the era. The area is dense with genealogical markers, particularly around the main settlement where Trinity Cem, Eickhoff Cem, Cole Camp Memorial Cem, and St Pauls Cem are clustered.

Rural life extends outward to smaller locales like Cheese to the north and Crest to the east. Waterways such as Cole Camp Creek and Williams Creek carve through the terrain, supporting local infrastructure including a Fish Hatchery and a Gravel Pit. The southern portion of the map remains largely dominated by the drainage basins of Indian Creek and Otter Creek, reflecting the traditional agricultural and woodland character of Benton County before more modern development reached these outlying hills.