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1984 Map of Hamilton East

Name: 1984 Topographic Map of Hamilton East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Hamilton and the surrounding rural townships of Gomer, New York, and Kingston occupy this portion of Caldwell County in the mid-1980s. The landscape is defined by the winding course of Shoal Creek and its many tributaries, including Little Otter Creek and Crabapple Creek. Near the southern edge of the quadrangle, the Bonanza State Wildlife Area sits adjacent to the small settlement of Bonanza.

Agricultural patterns dominate the terrain, reinforced by several Levee systems and a prominent north-south Pipeline. Local infrastructure includes a Landing Strip south of Hamilton and scattered resource extraction sites like a Quarry near Cottonwood Creek. The presence of several Cem locations and established township lines provides a clear look at the historical organization of this Missouri prairie region before modern large-scale developments altered the traditional section-line road network.