1961 Map of Eddyville

About this map

Eddyville serves as a southern anchor for this section of the Shawnee National Forest, where the complex drainage of Lusk Creek and Bay Creek shapes a landscape of hollows and bluffs. The map captures the rural social fabric of Pope and Saline counties in the early 1960s, evidenced by a dense network of country churches like Cedar Bluff Ch and New Home Ch. Small settlements such as Delwood and Oak are connected by winding roads through terrain marked by landmarks like Murray Bluff and Buzzard Roost Hollow. For genealogists, the map is particularly valuable for its record of family-named cemeteries, including Barger Cem, McNally Cem, and Reynolds Cem, alongside local landmarks like Double Branch Hole on Hayes Creek.