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2015 Map of Lesterville SE

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Lesterville SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

The Black River carves a winding path through this portion of the Missouri Ozarks, defining a landscape marked by deep hollows and family burial grounds. Along the river’s course, smaller tributaries like Goose Cr and Sinking Cr feed into the main channel, while notable points like Cave Spring and Whizenhunt Bay indicate the area's complex karst topography. The distribution of sites such as Rutter Cemetery, Gilliams Cemetery, and Mann Cemetery suggests long-established family homesteads scattered throughout the wooded hills and creek bottoms.

Local navigation and history are tied to the numerous named hollows, including Mail Route Hollow, Sycamore Hollow, and White Oak Hollow. These features, alongside a network of county roads like CR-334 and CR-440, reveal how the terrain dictated movement and settlement patterns. The map also records several other small burial sites, including the Hampton Cemetery and Carpenter Cemetery, providing a detailed record for genealogists and local historians tracing the heritage of this region near the Reynolds and Iron County line.