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2014 Map of Lowry City

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Lowry City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Lowry City and the surrounding borderlands of St. Clair and Henry counties are defined by the expansive reaches of the Harry S Truman Reservoir. This modern survey illustrates how the Osage River valley's landscape has been reshaped, with fingers of the reservoir now filling old creek beds like Big Muddy Cr and Hay Cr. Despite these changes, the fundamental grid of the countryside remains visible, connecting established settlements like Brownington and Mount Zion via a network of rural roads such as Lakeland School Rd.

Genealogists will find several burial sites preserved across these sections, including the Lowry City Cemetery, Park Grove Cemetery, and the dual plots of Maplewood Cemetery and Brownington Cemetery located side-by-side north of Big Otter Cr. The terrain transitions from the inundated plains of the reservoir to the high ground of Turkey Hollow in the southeast, providing a clear record of the local topography and its interaction with mid-Missouri's water management systems.