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1950 Map of Idabel

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Idabel
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1993
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1993

About this map

Idabel serves as the hub of this McCurtain County landscape, shown here at the midpoint of the twentieth century with later revisions reflecting its mid-1990s urban expansion. The town is anchored by civic markers such as the Courthouse and Armory, while a network of rural schools including Herndon Sch and Washington Sch illustrates the educational infrastructure of the era. The meandering Little River dominates the central portion of the map, flowing through a designated National Wildlife Area and flanked by numerous oxbow lakes like Thomas Lake and Twin Lake.

South of the river, the landscape transitions toward the Quachita National Forest, while the northern reaches are dotted with small communities and country churches such as Rock-Hill Ch and Bethlehem Ch. Genealogists will find particular value in the documentation of local burial grounds like Denison Cem and the various small church settlements that defined McCurtain County's social geography before the late-century growth of its larger municipalities.