1941 Map of Lowry City

About this map

Lowry City and Brownington anchor this survey of the Missouri landscape at the dawn of the 1940s, a period when the rural economy was defined by a dense network of small school districts and country churches. The path of the St Louis San Francisco RR cuts diagonally through the terrain, connecting these rail-oriented settlements to the broader region. This area, straddling the Henry Co St Clair Co line, shows a landscape still partitioned into family-scale farms, punctuated by early industrial activity such as the Mine Dump near Cooper Creek. The drainage of the South Grand River and Big Muddy Creek dictates the topography, where numerous local landmarks like Landecker Ch and Diamond Point Sch served as the social centers for outlying residents. For those tracing family histories, the map identifies several local burials, including Maplewood Cem and Brownington Cem.