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1949 Map of Lexington East

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Lexington East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Lexington sits at a strategic bend where the Missouri River and Crooked River meet, anchoring a landscape of fertile bottomlands and rolling bluffs in the late 1940s. The map illustrates a community shaped by education and industry, notably featuring the Wentworth Military Academy and the Wentworth Country Club on the heights above the river. Evidence of the region’s coal mining history is visible through several marked Mine Dumps scattered near the Missouri Pacific railroad lines, which follow the river's path and the drainage of Lick Fork.

A dense network of rural infrastructure supports the outlying farmsteads, including a remarkable concentration of country schools such as Oak Grove Sch, Mallory Sch, and Locust Grove Sch. Long-standing family and community ties are preserved in the locations of the Forest Grove Cem and Slusher Cem. The river valley itself is defined by an extensive system of levees protecting the lowlands near Haines Lake and Hicklin Lake.