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1948 Map of Cuba

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Cuba
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Cuba settlement serves as the central hub of this Crawford County landscape, where the St Louis San Francisco railroad and major roadways intersect. The town is surrounded by a dense network of early rural education, evidenced by numerous one-room schoolhouses such as Iron Ridge Sch, Vine Hill Sch, and Fanning Sch. This distribution of schools suggests a well-settled agricultural community organized into distinct local districts during the late 1940s.

In the south, the Meramec River winds through the topography near Idlewild and Fox Springs, creating a distinct natural boundary. Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of family-named burial grounds like Heron Cem, Fairclough Cem, and Zenser Cem. The map preserves the specific placement of farmsteads and rural infrastructure before modern development altered the rural Crawford County countryside.