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1944 Map of Marshall

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Marshall
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Marshall serves as the hub of Saline County in this mid-century portrait, characterized by a dense network of rural schools and the intersection of the Alton Pacific Railroad and Missouri Pacific Railroad. The town is well-defined, showing the campus of Missouri Valley College, the grounds of Ridge Park, and the city's early Landing Field. Surrounding the municipal center, the landscape is divided into a geometric grid of country roads and farms, punctuated by small community centers like Slater, Gilliam, and Napton.

Local history is preserved in the sheer number of named schoolhouses such as Sunny South Sch and Bucksnort Sch, which reveal the distributed nature of education before district consolidation. Along the southern border, the Blackwater River and Blue Lick Springs provide natural landmarks, while numerous small churches like Shiloh Ch and Mc Olive Ch mark the spiritual centers of these vanished or transformed farming communities.