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1935 Map of Hazen

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Hazen
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Hazen and Carlisle anchor this mid-1930s landscape across the Lonoke and Prairie County line, characterized by a transition from forested creek bottoms to the open stretches of the Grand Prairie. The southern portion of the sheet is dominated by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad, which parallels the Pacific Highway No 70 through Screeton. This transportation corridor supported a network of rural institutions, including the Cuneo Sch and Hazen Cem.

Further north, the terrain becomes more intricate as Wattensaw Bayou and Big Creek wind toward the White River. Small, community-centered nodes like Hickory Plains and Barrettsville appear as centers for rural life, marked by numerous local landmarks such as Johnson Chapel Ch, Brown Grove Sch, and Walters Chapel. The map documents a specifically agricultural era before major modern infrastructure changes, preserving the locations of many small schools and cemeteries that served the local farming families of central Arkansas.