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1951 Map of El Dorado

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of El Dorado
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

El Dorado serves as the industrial and transportation hub for Union County in this mid-century survey, where the grid of the city meets a complex network of timberlands and oil-rich creek bottoms. The landscape is defined by its transit history, anchored by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and the Missouri Pacific railroads, alongside the local El Dorado and Wesson line.

Rural life outside the city center is marked by a dense concentration of community landmarks, from Parkers Chapel School to the Mc Gee Cemetery. The southern reaches of the map highlight the interstate border at Junction City, where the Arkansas-Louisiana line divides the town. Numerous country churches like Mt Moriah Ch and Smyrna Ch are scattered among the drainages of Bayou de Loutre and Little Cornie Bayou, providing essential touchstones for genealogists tracing family roots in the Arkansas timber belt.