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1951 Map of Colony

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Colony
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

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The North Fabius River and its meandering Old Channel define the lower third of this Missouri landscape, where the borders of Clark, Scotland, Knox, and Lewis counties meet. In the early 1950s, the rural community of Colony sits near the southern edge, while Fairmont serves as a northern hub at the crossroads of local thoroughfares. The terrain is deeply carved by drainage systems like Bear Creek and Shaffer Creek, which separate the upland farmsteads.

Local education and faith are represented by numerous rural landmarks, some already fading at the time of this survey. Genealogists can locate family burial sites at Sutter Cem and Standiford Cem, while the educational landscape shows a transition with both active sites like Price Sch and Narrow Grove Sch alongside the decommissioned Arkansas Sch and Davis Sch. These features illustrate the mid-century shift toward school consolidation in Missouri's northeast corner.