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1956 Map of Everton

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Everton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Everton serves as the central hub of this mid-century Missouri landscape, situated where the St Louis San Francisco railroad cuts through the terrain. The map captures a rural social fabric defined by country churches and small-scale water features. Small communities and landmarks like Eddington and the Community Hall are linked by a network of spring-fed branches, including Ray Spring Branch and Scott Spring Br.

Evidence of shifting local infrastructure is visible in the presence of the Hopewell Sch (Abandoned), suggesting a period of rural school consolidation. The landscape is dotted with family and community anchors such as the Sinking Creek Cem and Liberty Ch. To the south, the terrain transitions toward the Ozark region, where more complex drainage patterns appear along Turnback Creek and its many tributaries.