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1960 Map of Collins NW

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Collins NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

Small country churches and family burial grounds dot this corner of Drew County at the start of the 1960s. The landscape is defined by the headwaters and branches of Upper Cutoff Creek, Godfrey Creek, and Hurricane Creek, which carve through the townships of Marion and Franklin. The map reveals a dispersed rural society centered on places of worship such as Jose Chapel, Mt Zion Ch, and Old Union Ch.

Evidence of local aviation and mid-century infrastructure is found at the Monticello Airport in the southwest corner. The transition from the wooded heights of Spring Hill to the flatter bottomlands is marked by numerous agricultural wells and small homesteads. For genealogists, the inclusion of Shady Grove Cem and Piney Cem provides specific locations for ancestral research within this agricultural pocket of Arkansas.