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2017 Map of Longwood

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

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Marshall Junction serves as a primary navigation point in this central Missouri landscape where the Blackwater River and its varied tributaries, including Buck Br and Dry Cr, cut through the terrain. The map details a rural transition between Saline and Pettis Counties, anchored by the small settlement of Longwood to the south. This area is defined by a dense network of country roads and lanes such as Keokuk Ave and Lemon Trl, reflecting a well-established pattern of agricultural land division.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant value in the distribution of family and community burial sites, such as Witcher Cem, Bethlehem Cem, Cunningham Cem, and Longwood Cem. The drainage patterns of Heaths Creek and Long Orange Br illustrate the natural irrigation that supported these communities. The presence of both state highways and numbered county roads shows the evolution of transit through this rural corridor.