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2017 Map of Hamburg

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Hamburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Hamburg serves as the central hub of this Ashley County landscape, where the street grid of the town center transitions into a network of rural roads and timberlands. The area is marked by numerous family and community burial grounds, including the historic Hamburg Cem near the town and the more outlying Antioch Cem and Carter Cem. These sites, along with Evergreen Cem and Pleasant Grove Cem, provide critical touchpoints for genealogists tracing South Arkansas roots.

The natural geography is defined by a series of winding waterways, most notably Hanks Cr, which meanders through the central sections, and Chemin-A-Haut Cr in the northeast. Aviation history is noted at the Z M Jack Stell Field west of the main settlement. The land remains largely organized by the Public Land Survey System, as seen in the grid of townships t17s r7w and t18s r7w, reflecting a legacy of agriculture and forestry.