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1955 Map of Juno

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Juno
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

The Madison and Henderson County boundary divides this landscape of winding creek bottoms and upland ridges as it appeared in the mid-1950s. The settlement of Juno serves as a central point in an area defined by small rural communities and a dense network of country houses, many concentrated near the Middle Fork Forked Deer River and the North Fork Forked Deer River. The map reveals a highly localized social geography, anchored by numerous churches such as Nebo Ch, Maple Springs Ch, and Mt Tabor Ch.

The presence of schools like Dry Sch and Unity Sch alongside family and community burial grounds, including the Anderson Cem and Hamlet Cem, provides essential points of interest for genealogists and local historians. This era shows the region just before significant modernization changed the rural character of places like Blue Goose, Poplar Springs, and Crucifer, which are mapped here with their original road networks and proximity to seasonal waterways like Gurley Creek and McHaney Branch.