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2014 Map of Green Forest

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Green Forest
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Green Forest serves as the central hub of this Carroll County landscape, where the town's street grid meets the winding courses of Yocum Cr and Dry Cr. The area is marked by a high density of small family and community burial grounds, including Glenwood Cem, Norris Cem, and the Pickens Cem near Pickens Rd. These sites, along with Rule Cem in the southern settlement of Rule, provide significant touchpoints for genealogical research in this part of the Ozarks.

Terrain features define the surrounding territory, from the prominent Anderson Mtn and Miller Mtn in the west to the deep cuts of Schriborough Canyon and Bunch Canyon further south. The drainage patterns of Osage Creek and its various hollows, such as Spicewood Hollow and Brawley Hollow, illustrate the complex topography that dictated early road placement and land use before the modern highway system consolidated travel through Jennings Gap.