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1983 Map of Hornersville

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Hornersville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The town of Hornersville serves as the primary hub of this Bootheel landscape, defined by a complex network of engineered drainage that reshaped the terrain for agriculture. The massive corridor of The Floodway dominates the western half of the map, flanked by Hornersville Junction and the protected lands of the Hornersville Swamp State Wildlife Area. This hydraulic infrastructure, including Cole Ditch and the Little Treasure River, replaced the natural waterways of Prairie Island to create productive farmland.

Transportation patterns reflect the mid-20th-century transition from rail to road, with the St Louis Southwestern RR still active while an Abandoned R.R. runs through the settlement of Rives. Smaller communities like Cotton Plant, Sunrise, and Gilbert are scattered throughout the quadrangle, connected by a grid of rural routes. For researchers, the map provides a clear record of local geography before the further consolidation of these small farm settlements, including the location of several unnamed cemeteries marked simply as Cem.