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1972 Map of Foristell

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Foristell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

The Norfolk and Western railway corridor serves as a central artery for this section of eastern Missouri, where the boundaries of Warren, Lincoln, and St. Charles Counties converge. The settlement of Foristell and the community of Pauldingville are established alongside a complex drainage network that includes Peruque Creek and Indian Camp Creek. Local history is preserved in landmarks such as Smith Chapel, Shiloh Ch, and several family burial grounds like Metcalf Cem and Pauldingville Cem.

Regional activity is visible at the Mid America Raceway and several resource-based sites like the scattered Claypit mines. The terrain is crisscrossed by family-named routes such as Meyer Road, Schnarre Road, and Meinershagen Road, reflecting generations of land ownership. This landscape illustrates the transition of traditional farming communities into a more interconnected rural-industrial corridor during the early 1970s.