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1944 Map of Gerald

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Gerald
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Gerald and Rosebud anchor this survey of the northern Missouri hill country during the early 1940s, a landscape defined by the winding course of the Bourbeuse River. The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad cuts a diagonal path through the terrain, connecting small rural centers while the Iron Road and Antioch Road provide terrestrial links through the ridges. This map reveals a high density of rural institutions, such as Drake Ch, St Jacobs Ch, and New Salem Ch, which served as social hubs for the surrounding farmsteads.

The topography is marked by distinctive bends in the river like Bartel Bend and Kampschroeder Bend, alongside elevations such as Bald Hill and Rocky Ridge. Genealogists will find particular value in the distribution of family-named landmarks and numerous one-room schoolhouses like Kiel Sch, Morgan Sch, and Tea Sch, many of which were central to these Gasconade and Franklin County communities before mid-century school consolidations.