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1950 Map of Jonesboro

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

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

Jonesboro serves as the northern anchor of this mid-century survey, situated at the junction of several transit lines including the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad. The line runs south through Wyatt and Dodson, carving a path through the timber-rich landscape of Jackson Parish and Winn Parish. This region is defined by a dense network of rural infrastructure, where small community centers are marked by country churches and schools like Mt Hebron Sch and Gaars Mill Sch.

The southern reaches are heavily forested, dominated by the Kisatchie National Forest and bisected by the Dugdemon River. Local topography is detailed through family-named landmarks and watercourses such as Caney Creek and Kiesche Creek. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of numerous places of worship, including Siloam Ch and Friendship Ch, alongside the McCarthy Cem, providing a spatial record of the area's rural settlement pattern before later 20th-century developments.