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2017 Map of Delight

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Delight
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Delight and Pike City anchor this portion of Pike County, where a network of rural roads and timberlands meets the drainage basins of the Little Missouri River watershed. The terrain is defined by a dense web of watercourses, including the southward-flowing Saline Cr and the parallel valleys of Wolf Cr and Little Wolf Cr. Small-scale settlements like Stelltown are situated among these ridges, often near distinctive water features such as Wildcat Spring or the many named branches like Kirkham Br and Chinquapin Br.

For genealogists and local historians, the placement of the Brocktown Cem near the western edge provides a specific point of interest for family research. The infrastructure here reflects a landscape transition, with older routes like the Pike City Cutoff and Caddo Gap Rd connecting established communities to the surrounding natural resources. These features, along with Womack Lake in the northwest, illustrate the intersection of local industry and the natural environment in recent decades.