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2012 Map of Gordonville

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Gordonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Gordonville sits at the heart of this Cape Girardeau County landscape, where the rolling agricultural uplands begin to meet the Southeast Lowlands. The 2012 topography reveals a dense network of family history markers, with a high concentration of cemeteries such as McGuire Cemetery, Summers Cemetery, and Kinder Cemetery scattered across the rural countryside. These sites, along with the smaller settlements of Tilsit and Houck, provide an essential record of early family landholdings and community development in the region.

Water management is a defining characteristic of the terrain, visible through several engineering features including the Pemberton Lake Dam - US Survey 2283 Dam and the Evans Lake East Dam. The drainage patterns of Hubble Creek, Foster Creek, and Williams Creek dictate the layout of local roads, while the southern edge of the quadrangle descends toward Dutchtown, marking the transition into the flatter alluvial plains of the Missouri bootheel region.