1942 Map of Fordland

About this map

Fordland and Seymour serve as the primary hubs in this late 1930s survey, connected by the St Louis San Francisco railroad. The landscape is defined by the headwaters of Finley Creek and its many tributaries, such as Davis Creek and Little Finley Creek, which carve through the Ozark highlands. This era reveals a densely populated rural environment, indicated by a remarkable concentration of country schools including McHaffie Sch, Silver Shade Sch, and Mountain Dale Sch. These institutions, alongside churches like Union Chapel and Temple Hill Ch, anchored the social life of small communities like Diggins, Zenar, and Elkhead. For researchers, the presence of family-named burial grounds such as Childress Cem and Winingham Cem provides critical genealogical coordinates. The map also captures the topography leading to Keyger Mtn, illustrating the transition from upland plateaus to the deeper creek valleys of Webster Co and Christian Co.