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2017 Map of Hornersville

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Hornersville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Hornersville and the surrounding Dunklin County landscape are defined by a complex network of man-made waterways engineered to manage the low-lying terrain of the Missouri Bootheel. The course of the Little River is paralleled and often superseded by a grid of canals, including Ditch Number 259, Elk Chute Ditch, and Sand Slough Ditch. This systematic drainage allowed for the expansion of agriculture and the establishment of small communities like Cotton Plant, Sunrise, and Rives.

Genealogists will find a high density of small family and community burial grounds throughout the area, such as Langdon Cem, Hutchens Cem, and Harkey Cem. The map also captures several transit nodes like Hornersville Junction and Leachville Junction, reflecting the intersection of local roads and former rail corridors that once served the cotton and timber economies of this floodplain region. The presence of Treasure Island between the ditches suggests the persistent nature of the original marshy topography despite extensive engineering.