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1951 Map of Columbus

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Columbus
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

Columbus serves as the focal point of this rural Hempstead County landscape, where the local economy and social life were deeply rooted in agriculture and community education during the early 1950s. The presence of both the Columbus High Sch and the County Training Sch indicates a structured educational system serving the surrounding countryside, while numerous small country churches like Macedonia Ch and Corinth Ch anchor the various townships.

The terrain is defined by a series of regional divisions including Saline and Black Land, crossed by an intricate network of waterways such as Sandy Bois d'Arc Creek and Middle Fork Ozan Creek. For the local historian or genealogist, the map preserves the locations of several community burial grounds, including Section Sixteen Cem and Mounds Cem, alongside small settlements like Buck Range and Yancy. These labels document a specific moment before the consolidation of rural landmarks and the modernization of the local road system.