2024 Map of Louisville West

About this map

The Little Wabash River meanders across this landscape of rural Clay County, defining a terrain where small agricultural settlements and family-named landmarks predominate. In the southeast corner, the town of Louisville serves as a focal point, anchored by the Clay County Courthouse and historical burial sites like the Old Louisville Cem. The survey reveals a high density of small cemeteries scattered throughout the countryside, such as Speaks Cem and Riffle Cem, which often represent the remaining footprints of early family homesteads and pioneer communities. To the west, the settlements of Iola and Little Prairie sit near the headwaters of Dismal Creek and Crooked Creek, illustrating the classic Midwestern pattern of small-scale villages connected by a network of county roads following the township and section lines of the Public Land Survey System.