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1916 Map of Kiefer

Name: 1916 Topographic Map of Kiefer
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1916
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1916

About this map

Kiefer and Kellyville serve as primary hubs on this survey, reflecting a landscape defined by the early 20th-century oil boom and a dense network of rural infrastructure. The presence of a prominent Oil Tank near Mounds and the concentration of structures around the St Louis San Francisco RR suggest an economy rapidly evolving around petroleum and rail transport. The map is particularly rich in social geography, documenting nearly twenty local schools and several churches, including the Louisiana Baptist Church and Grayson Church, which anchored these growing communities.

Waterways like Polecat Creek and Euchee Creek wind through the varied topography of Pascoe and Kellyville. These drainage patterns influenced the placement of early homesteads and public buildings like the Bluebell School and Yale School. This documentation captures the area at a critical juncture before modern consolidation, preserving the locations of numerous family-named landmarks and rural school districts that have since been reorganized.