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1959 Map of Cove

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Cove
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Hatfield, Cove, and Wickes anchor this late-1950s corridor through the western edge of the Ouachita Mountains. The Kansas City Southern railroad serves as the primary spine for these communities, tracing a path that connects smaller settlements like Vandervoort and Hatton near the Oklahoma border. The landscape is defined by the high ridges of the Ouachita National Forest and a dense network of watercourses including the Little River and Buffalo Creek.

Genealogists will find a wealth of localized data, from several rural churches such as Crystal Hill Ch and Pleasant Hill Ch to smaller, family-named sites like Foote Cem and Witherspoon Cem. Industrial activity is marked by Shale Pits and a Quarry, reflecting the local extraction economy of the mid-century era. The map also captures the remote Watson Sch and the community at Bog Springs near the McCurtain and Polk County line.