1954 Map of Maples

About this map

Maples sits at the intersection of Texas, Phelps, and Dent counties, serving as a quiet focal point for this rural Missouri landscape. The terrain is deeply carved by the headwaters of the Current River and Sherrill Creek, creating a network of ridges where early 20th-century life centered around small country schools and churches. Family-named landmarks such as Hutchison Cem and Williams Cem provide essential data points for genealogical research, while institutions like Crow School and Stoney Point School reflect the distributed settlement pattern of the era. The southern portion of the map transitions toward Licking, showing the early road networks and rural properties that defined the region before modern highway expansions. This survey, photorevised in the early 1980s based on mid-century topography, documents the persistence of places like Kimble and Coulstone amidst the Ozark foothills.