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2012 Map of Goss

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

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Goss sits near the southern edge of this Monroe County landscape, positioned along the rural roads that navigate a complex network of waterways. The eastern portion of the sheet is dominated by the sprawling reach of Mark Twain Lake, where the North Fork Salt River and Otter Creek converge. This drainage system includes numerous named tributaries like Crooked Creek and Dales Branch, which carve through the terrain to reach the reservoir.

Genealogists will find a high density of family and community burial sites scattered across the countryside, including Greenwood Cemetery, Collins Cemetery, and Mount Joy Cemetery. The map also identifies the small settlement of North Fork and a distinctive geographic feature known as The Narrows. A labyrinth of numbered county roads, such as Co RD 437 and Co RD 425, connects these disparate homesteads and water bodies, illustrating the late 20th-century rural infrastructure of northern Missouri.