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1935 Map of Harviell

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Harviell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

The Black River meanders through this portion of Butler County, creating a complex network of bends and sloughs such as Deadman Bend and Catherine Slough. This mid-1930s landscape is defined by its rural infrastructure, featuring a high density of one-room schoolhouses like Coon Island Sch and Willow Oak Sch that served remote farmstead communities. The St Louis San Francisco Railroad and the St Louis Southwestern Railroad provide the primary transport corridors, anchoring settlements like Harviell and Qulin.

Genealogists will find significant value in the detailed plotting of local landmarks, including the Black Creek Ch & Cem and the Dunning Cem. The map also captures the industrial footprint of the era, from the Pipe Line Mississippi River Fuel Corp crossing the northern terrain to the numerous eddies and bars along the river, such as Hoggs Eddy and Jackson Bar, which dictated local river navigation before modern channelization.