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1954 Map of Edmondson

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Edmondson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Edmondson and Crawfordsville anchor this mid-century landscape in eastern Arkansas, where the Mississippi River forms a natural boundary at Cow Island Bend. The terrain is defined by a dense network of drainage and transport, with the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads cutting through the Delta flatlands. The map reveals a high concentration of rural social centers, often combining education and faith, such as the New Shady Grove Sch, Ch & Cem and Pilgrim Rest Sch, Ch & Cem.

Historic transit corridors like the Military Road intersect with more modern infrastructure, while the presence of Mounds near the river suggests an ancient human geography beneath the agricultural grid. Smaller settlements like Proctor, Heth, and Dixie dot the map, many situated along slow-moving water bodies such as Blackfish Bayou and Fifteen Mile Bayou, reflecting the region's reliance on well-drained land for both settlement and cotton farming during the post-war era.