1950 Map of Elkton

About this map

Flemington and Elkton anchor this mid-century look at the rural borderlands of Hickory and Polk Counties, a landscape defined by the winding course of the Pomme de Terre River and Weaubleau Creek. This 1950 edition captures the region's dense network of neighborhood centers before the consolidation of many local institutions, shown through a high concentration of country schoolhouses like Prairie Valley Sch, Sunny Slope Sch, and Union Sch. For genealogists, the map is particularly valuable for its precise location of family-named cemeteries and rural places of worship, including Mission Chapel and Durnell Chapel. The terrain transitions from the upland flats near Rondo to the dissected valleys of Horn Hollow and Cave Spring Hollow, reflecting the traditional Missouri Ozarks pattern of settlement where small farmsteads and schools dotted the ridges above the river bends.