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2017 Map of Lanton

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Lanton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Lanton serves as the central hub of this Missouri landscape, situated near the intersection of several county roads and S State Rte 17. The terrain is defined by a dense network of ridges and drainage basins, including Turkeypen Ridge and the prominent Dividing Ridge, which separate numerous family-named hollows. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of the Meltabarger Cem in the northeast and the Cannon Graveyard to the southwest, providing vital landmarks for family history research.

Water sources are abundant throughout the quadrangle, from the larger S Fork Spring River and Myatt Cr to localized features like Bunt Spring and Tingler Lake. The naming of features such as Lime Kiln Hollow and Mansfield Hollow suggests a history of local industry and settlement patterns tied closely to the geography. Small impoundments like Stace- Shannon Lake and Clyde Stewart Lake illustrate modern land use interspersed among traditional Ozark landforms like Devils Den.