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1943 Map of Maryville

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Maryville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Maryville serves as the central hub of this 1940s landscape, anchored by the Maryville Teachers College and the County Farm on its outskirts. The town’s infrastructure is clearly defined, from the Maryville Waterworks to the Maryville Airport, illustrating a growing regional center. Beyond the city limits, the terrain is defined by a dense network of rural schoolhouses and small cemeteries, such as Prairie View Sch, Happy Hollow Sch, and Morgan Cem, reflecting the agrarian community structure of Nodaway County before mid-century consolidation.

Transportation is dominated by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and the Wabash Railroad, which intersect the valley of the One Hundred and Two River. These rail lines connect smaller settlements like Pickering and Wilcox to the wider world, while numerous named creeks such as Elkhorn Creek and White Cloud Creek carve through the landscape, supporting the many family farms that dot the township boundaries of Union, Polk, and Grant.