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1940 Map of Gainesville

Name: 1940 Topographic Map of Gainesville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1940
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1940

About this map

Gainesville serves as the focal point of this Ozark County landscape, situated amid a complex network of ridges and watercourses. Surveyed in the early 1930s, the map reveals a rural economy centered on the Bryant Creek and Little North Fork rivers. The sheer density of rural schools, such as Lilly Ridge Sch and Bushong Sch, along with community anchors like Smith Chapel and Evening Shade, indicates a highly distributed population prior to mid-century urbanization.

Transport is defined by winding routes like the Mailroute and State Route 80, which navigate the steep elevations of Timber Knob and Stony Knob. The map also details the southern boundary at the Missouri Arkansas line, capturing the remote character of settlements like Udall and Dawt near the state border. Local history is further preserved through landforms such as The Narrows and family-linked sites like Price Cem.