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1954 Map of Jacksonville

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Jacksonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Jacksonville sits at the western edge of this mid-century survey, where the developing town meets the agricultural lowlands of the Pulaski County and Lonoke County line. The landscape is defined by the winding course of Bayou Meto and Two Prairie Bayou, with the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad cutting a straight line across the southern wetlands. The map preserves the paths of the Military Road and Old Military Road, hinting at the area's older transportation corridors.

Rural life is marked by numerous family-named burial grounds and local congregations, including McCraw Cemetery, Johnson Cemetery, and Mt Ararat Church. To the south, the terrain becomes increasingly waterlogged near Cypress Brake and Hill Lake, where small settlements like Union Valley established themselves along the rail and bayou networks. Revisions from 1970 aerial photography, shown in purple, document the early suburban expansion of Jacksonville near Mt Pisgah Church.