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1948 Map of Cuba

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

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

The town of Cuba serves as the focal point of this late 1940s topography, where the St Louis San Francisco railroad bisects the landscape alongside U.S. Route 66. This corridor of transport is anchored by numerous rural educational and memorial sites, including Iron Ridge Sch and the Kinder Cem. The southern edge of the map is defined by the winding course of the Meramec River, which draws in local tributaries like Pruett Creek and Brush Creek.

Evidence of established community life is found in the dense distribution of family-named landmarks and rural institutions. Settlements such as Fanning and Idlewild are documented alongside specialized local roads like Vine Hill Road. This map captures a moment before modern interstate development, preserving the locations of numerous country schools like Iron Center Sch and Oak Grove Sch that once served the scattered hill country homesteads.