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1908 Map of Maud

Name: 1908 Topographic Map of Maud
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

Maud sits at the center of a complex network of early twentieth-century rail lines and settlements along the Pottawatomie Co Seminole Co border. Surveyed just prior to Oklahoma's statehood by the Territorial Survey Commission, the landscape is defined by the convergence of major carriers including the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and the Missouri Kansas and Texas. Small rural hubs like Romulus, Pearson, and St Louis anchor the agricultural and transport economy of the era.

Local infrastructure is highly detailed, showing a high density of country schools such as Oak Grove School and Forest Hill School, reflecting the scattered rural population of the time. The southern portion of the map identifies the Sacred Heart P.O. and nearby Georgetown, while the eastern boundary tracks the winding course of the Little River. This sheet documents a moment before modern highway expansion, when the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and other railroads were the primary arteries connecting these frontier communities.