1975 Map of Edmondson SW

About this map

Fifteenmile Bayou and Blackfish Lake define the drainage of this delta landscape in St. Francis County, Arkansas, as captured in 1975. The orthophotoquad format provides a rare literal look at the geometric layout of agricultural fields and the small rural crossroads that anchored these farming communities in the mid-1970s. Key settlements such as Heth and Browns appear alongside the evocative Greasy Corner, showing how the local road network connected these scattered hamlets. At the southern edge of the sheet, Chatfield marks a point of activity near the bayou. This document was produced through simple rectification of aerial photography, offering researchers a clear view of the timbered creek bottoms and the extensive land clearing that had shaped the region by the late 20th century.