1953 Map of College Mound

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College Mound and Darksville anchor this rural landscape in north-central Missouri, where the rolling hills of the Macon and Randolph County line meet a heavy industrial footprint. The landscape is defined by the extensive operations of a strip mine, which has reshaped the terrain between the East Fork Chariton River and the Bevier and Southern railroad. This industrial activity contrasts with the traditional rural network of schools and churches, several of which were already marked as inactive during this mid-century period, such as Crisman Sch and Hickory Sch. Genealogists will find significant detail in the placement of rural burial grounds like Barnhart Cem and Hickory Grove Cem, alongside active country congregations at Union Chapel and Mt Pleasant Ch. The drainage patterns of Brush Creek, Dark Creek, and Muncas Creek show how the topography dictated the early settlement patterns of the Chariton valley.