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1950 Map of Idabel

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Idabel
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Idabel serves as the focal point of this McCurtain County landscape, characterized by its grid of urban streets and civic infrastructure including the Courthouse, Armory, and multiple educational centers like Gray High Sch. The town is positioned just south of the winding Little River, which meanders through a dense corridor of forested bottomlands. The St Louis - San Francisco railroad provides the primary industrial link, cutting a diagonal path through the settlement.

Beyond the town center, the map reveals a network of rural communities such as Holly Creek and Twin Springs, each anchored by local institutions. Genealogists will find particular value in the scattered rural schools and churches, such as Rock Hill Sch, Rocky Ford Sch, and Livingland Ch. These labels, alongside the Canfield Cem and Denison Cem, document the mid-century social fabric and settlement patterns of southeastern Oklahoma before modern development altered these traditional community footprints.