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1965 Map of Manning

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Manning
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Manning serves as the primary rail hub on this 1960s survey, positioned where the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad cuts through the timberlands of Dallas County. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of named drainage systems, including Mill Creek, Cypress Creek, and Casa Massa Creek, alongside numerous unnamed tributaries that drain the townships of Willow, Manchester, Smith, and Nix.

Tracing the movement through these woods, the map reveals a system of established paths such as the Chandler Trail and Henry Lawrence Trail, which likely served the local logging or agricultural interests of the mid-20th century. For those researching local family history, several small burial grounds are documented, including Turner Cem, DeLamar Cem, and Calwell Chapel Cem, providing essential markers of the area's rural community life near the Cypress Ch.