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1939 Map of Hickman

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Hickman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

The Mississippi River creates a dynamic western boundary for this Kentucky-Missouri borderland, where the Hickman Bend Revetment and Reefoot Front Revetment document early 20th-century engineering efforts to stabilize the shifting channel. The town of Hickman sits as a vital river hub, supported by the Chattanooga & Nashville RR and surrounded by a dense network of rural infrastructure including the Montgomery Sch and Poplar Grove Ch.

Evidence of much earlier habitation appears at the Indian Mound near the river bluffs, while the upland landscape is defined by the Little Bayou De Chien and numerous family-named landmarks. The map illustrates a transition from the bottomlands of Wolf Island No 5 to the established agricultural communities near Cayce and Jordan, revealing a complex tapestry of schools and churches like Davids Chapel that served these isolated farming districts before modern consolidation.