1912 Map of Kimmswick

About this map

The Mississippi River floodplain dominates this landscape, where the flat alluvial bottoms of Moredock and New Hanover meet the dramatic rise of the Bluff. Surveyed in 1910, the map illustrates an era of riverfront reliance and rail expansion, centered around the commerce at Harrisonville and its associated Harrisonville Landing. Transportation through the bottomlands was anchored by the St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern railroad, which skirts the base of the eastern heights. A network of rural institutions, including Blue Church and numerous local schoolhouses like Miles Prairie School and Sculloms School, reveal a densely settled agricultural community. Significant water features such as Moredock Lake and Long Slash suggest the complex hydrology of the area before modern levee systems extensively altered the natural drainage and wetland patterns of the basin.