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1958 Map of Irondale

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Irondale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Irondale and the rail junction of Bismarck serve as the primary hubs in this late 1950s survey of the Missouri Ozarks. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the Big River and its numerous tributaries, including Wallen Creek and Hickory Grove Creek. The Missouri Pacific railroad cuts a vital corridor through the hills, supporting local industrial sites like the Irondale Mine and Hayden Creek Mine.

Genealogists will find several family-named landmarks and burial grounds, such as Big River Cem, Wallen Cem, and Davis Cem, alongside community centers like Hickory Grove Ch. Rising above the valley floors, Hughes Mountain and Round Mountain provide significant topographic relief, illustrating the intersection of mining interests and rural settlement patterns before the later 20th-century revisions marked in purple.