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1944 Map of Humansville

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Humansville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Humansville and the neighboring village of Flemington anchor this 1940s landscape where the Ozarks meet the plains. The St Louis San Francisco railroad cuts a north-south line through the terrain, serving as a primary corridor for these rural communities. The map captures a well-distributed network of country schoolhouses, including Locust Grove Sch, Vine Hill Sch, and Rose Bud Sch, illustrating the educational structure of Missouri's township system before widespread school consolidation.

Drainage systems define the local topography, with Panther Creek and Brush Creek winding through the hills toward the South Fork Weaubleau Creek. Numerous burial grounds such as Richardson Cem and Shady Grove Cem are documented alongside family-named landmarks like Round Prairie, providing essential data for genealogists and local historians studying the rural settlement patterns of Polk, Hickory, and St. Clair Counties.