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2015 Map of Higginsville

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Higginsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Higginsville serves as the primary hub of this Lafayette County landscape, where the local street grid transitions into a network of outlying agricultural and industrial sites. The northern edge of the city is marked by the Confederate Memorial Pky, reflecting the deep regional heritage of the area. A high concentration of burial sites, including City Cemetery, Brand Cemetery, and the Republican Cemetery south of town, provides significant data points for genealogists tracking early family lineages in the region.

Water management and transportation infrastructure define the surrounding terrain. To the east, the village of Corder sits along the Coal Railroad, hinting at the extraction history of the county. Numerous man-made reservoirs like Higginsville Old City Lake, Lake Mizzou, and Neher Gibson Lake punctuate the drainage basins of Cottonwood Cr and Maries Cr, supporting the community's industrial and municipal needs near the Higginsville Industrial Municipal Airport.