1958 Map of Jonesboro

About this map

Jonesboro serves as the focal point of this Mississippi River Commission survey, illustrating a mid-century Arkansas landscape defined by its agricultural drainage systems and educational expansion. The campus of Arkansas State College stands prominently at the city's northeast edge, while the surrounding countryside is partitioned by an extensive network of man-made waterways including Main Ditch, Big Ditch, and Moores Ditch. These engineering works, authorized under the Flood Control Act, transformed the lowlands between Big Creek and Lost Creek into productive acreage.