1984 Map of Gilman City West

About this map

Blue Ridge and the outskirts of Gilman City anchor this rural landscape in northern Missouri during the early 1980s. The terrain is defined by a dense network of drainages that carve through the townships of Sherman, Cypress, and Adams. The southern boundary of the map follows the Harrison Co Daviess Co line, illustrating the jurisdictional divide in this agricultural region. Numerous watercourses, including Polecat Creek, Sugar Creek, and Hickory Creek, create a dendritic pattern across the sheet, influencing the placement of local roads and farmsteads. The documentation of small settlements like Blue Ridge provides a look at the community centers that sustained the surrounding rural population. This survey captures the land before significant modern development, preserving the locations of rural school districts and family farms as they were established by the late twentieth century.