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1956 Map of Fair Play

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Fair Play
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Fair Play and Dunnegan anchor this mid-century survey of the Ozark transition in Polk and Cedar Counties. The landscape is defined by its water sources, including the prominent Dunnegan Spring and Cave Spring, which likely dictated early settlement patterns. These springs feed into a complex network of waterways such as South Fork Brush Creek and Jump Off Creek. A close look at the rural infrastructure reveals a community centered around several country houses of worship, specifically Plum Grove Ch, Bismount Ch, and Barren Creek Ch.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant detail in the distribution of family-named burial grounds like Pickel Cem and Bushy Creek Cem. The transition of the era is marked by the presence of the Woodlawn Sch, labeled as abandoned by the 1956 field check. The map clearly delineates township boundaries including Campbell, Cliquot, and Madison, providing a precise look at the civic layout of the Missouri River Basin development program during the 1950s.