2011 Map of Fuson

About this map

Grimes Mill and Latham Mill stand as markers of a water-powered past along the winding Gasconade River and its tributaries in Wright County. The landscape is defined by the sharp relief of numerous hollows, including Wildcat Hollow, Garner Hollow, and Young Hollow, which feed into a complex drainage system featuring Coon Creek and Whetstone Creek. The settlement patterns here are modest, centered around the community of Fuson in the west and Talmage to the south, where the Talmage Post Office remains a noted landmark. The river itself creates distinctive geographical features such as the Needles Eye, a sharp bend that illustrates the meandering nature of the Ozark waterways. A network of rural routes, from Coon Creek Rd to Grimes Mill Dr, connects these isolated homesteads and historical mill sites, providing a look at the infrastructure of this Missouri river valley during the early twenty-first century.