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1951 Map of Hartford

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Hartford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

Hartford and West Hartford anchor the southeastern corner of this map, reflecting the mid-century industrial activity of Sebastian Co along the border with Oklahoma. The landscape is defined by significant coal mining operations, with multiple Coal labels marking the hillsides surrounding the town center. To the west and north, the terrain rises sharply into the landforms of Sugar Loaf Mountain, Midland Peak, and Oklahoma Peak, which dominate the skyline above the winding paths of Sugar Loaf Creek and Riddle Creek.

This 1951 edition, based on 1946 aerial photography, documents the intricate border geography where Le Flore and Sebastian Counties meet. Small settlements like Slaytonville and family-named landmarks such as Nall and Johnson Branch suggest a community built around both mineral extraction and agriculture. The presence of numerous cemeteries, labeled simply as Cem, provides critical points of interest for genealogists tracing local families across this transitional terrain between the valley and the ridge heights of Scott Ridge and Kully Chaha.