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1966 Map of Elizabeth

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Elizabeth
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Elizabeth and its surrounding hill country define this mid-1960s survey of the Fulton and Izard county line. The landscape is dominated by the winding course of Big Creek and its many tributaries, including South Brushy Creek and Hutchinson Creek. To the west, the map captures the rising waters of Norfork Lake, noting a normal pool elevation of 548 feet.

Social and community life in this portion of the Ozarks centers on small, dispersed settlements and crossroads churches such as Flora Ch and Hebron Ch. Genealogists will find significant value in the documentation of several family and community burial grounds, including Smith Chapel Cem, Flora Cem, and Myse Cem. The transition from the rural village of Wild Cherry to the scattered farms near Mitchell and Bexar illustrates the remote, agrarian character of the region before modern development.