2012 Map of Lucerne

About this map

Newtown and Lucerne anchor this northern Missouri landscape, where a dense network of county roads connects rural farmsteads across a terrain defined by the winding course of Medicine Creek. This area of Sullivan County maintains its early 20th-century agricultural layout, with many roads still following the township and range lines established decades earlier. Genealogists will find significant local history at the Busby Cemetery and the nearby Old Busby Cemetery, providing a window into the generational roots of the families who settled near Barber Creek and Long Branch. The drainage pattern is particularly intricate here, as the land falls south through numerous tributaries like Hooton Creek, Lick Branch, and Little West Locust Creek, which helped dictate the original placement of small settlements and river crossings.