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2014 Map of Forest Green

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Forest Green
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Forest Green and the surrounding river bottomlands of the Middle Fork Little Chariton River define this part of the Chariton and Howard County border. The landscape is a network of floodplain features and small settlements, including Shannondale and the smaller community of Oil City. Several oxbow lakes, such as Icehouse Lake, Goose Lake, and Horseshoe Lake, remain as evidence of the river's shifting path through the alluvial valley.

Genealogists and local historians will find several burial sites preserved on the landscape, including Bailey Cemetery, Pleasant Hope Cemetery, Heryford Cemetery, and Price Cemetery. The transition from the flat river valley to the more dissected uplands is marked by numerous creeks like Batts Cr and Doxies Cr. Near the southern edge of the survey, Lewis Mill sits along the Little Chariton River, indicating a point of historical river-based activity and early local industry.