1971 Map of Franklin

About this map

The Missouri River bottomlands and the dissected uplands of Howard County dominate this early 1970s topographical record. The landscape is defined by the historic Boonslick region, where numerous family-named waterways like Tippett Branch, Carson Branch, and Casey Branch drain toward the river plain. In the south, the community of Franklin sits just north of the river, protected by an extensive Levee system that separates the cultivated flats from the rising terrain.