1969 Map of East Prairie

About this map

East Prairie serves as the primary hub in this Mississippi County survey, showing the town's dense residential grid and institutional landmarks just before the 1970s. The landscape is defined by the agricultural expanses of Big Prairie and Long Prairie, which are crisscrossed by a complex drainage network including Maple Slough Ditch and Ash DITCH. These waterways illustrate the intensive land management required for farming in the Missouri Bootheel region. Outside the main town, smaller settlements like Bement and Dogwood appear as quiet rural junctions. Genealogists can locate several schools such as Doyle Sch and Webb Sch, along with family-named sites like Armour Cem. The St Louis Southwestern railroad corridor cuts diagonally through the southern sections, anchoring the regional transport of the era alongside a small local Landing Strip.