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1983 Map of Lorado

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Lorado
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Crowleys Ridge serves as the dominant landform of this northeastern Arkansas landscape, creating a distinct topographic break that separates the alluvial lowlands from the elevated woodland. This 1979 survey captures the rural character of the Greene and Craighead County line, where small agricultural settlements like Lorado and Philadelphia are connected by a web of named secondary roads such as Shiloh Road and New Haven Road.

Religious and community life is anchored by numerous country churches and cemeteries, including the Holy Angels Convent and the Culberhouse Cemetery. Natural resources and recreation are centered on Frierson Lake, where the Lake Frierson State Park and Lake Frierson Primitive Area provide a sanctuary among the drainage networks of Big Creek and Mud Creek. The presence of the Bridger Trail suggests historical transit routes through the timbered heights of the ridge during the late twentieth century.