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2015 Map of Edgehill

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Edgehill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Middle Fork Black River carves through this portion of the Saint Francois Mountains, defining the geography of eastern Reynolds County. The small settlements of Black and Edgehill anchor the valley, surrounded by the protected expanses of the Mark Twain National Forest. This terrain is characterized by numerous hollows and ridges, such as Goggins Hollow, Tucker Hollow, and Mack Ridge, which historically dictated the placement of homesteads and connecting roads like the Karkagne Scenic Dr.

For genealogists, the map is remarkably dense with family-named burial sites, including Goggins Cemetery, Strickland Cemetery, Troutman Cemetery, and Luenbergen Cemetery. These locations, along with Black River Cemetery and Carty Cemetery, provide a clear spatial record of early families in the Ozarks. The network of creeks, such as Strother Creek and Ottery Cr, highlights the importance of water access for the small upland farms that once dotted these remote Missouri hollows.