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1941 Map of Manes

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Manes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Gasconade River carves a winding path through the northern half of this Missouri Ozarks terrain, creating a complex network of ridges and hollows such as Wichita Hollow and Wolf Hollow. In the early 1940s, this landscape was dotted with small agricultural settlements and communal hubs like Manes, Lynchburg, and Competition. The rural economy of the era is evidenced by local landmarks such as Grimes Mill and Latham Mill located along the waterways, which served as essential processing points for the surrounding farmsteads.

Local history and genealogy researchers will find a dense concentration of neighborhood landmarks including the McBride Cem and Emerson Cem. The map reveals the distribution of one-room schoolhouses and country churches that defined rural life, from Victory Sch in the northeast to the Church of God in the south. Much of the eastern portion of the map is encompassed by the Mark Twain National Forest, illustrating the intersection of private timberland and public forest management in the mid-20th century.