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1972 Map of McDowell

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of McDowell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Flat Creek and its many winding tributaries define the topography of this Barry County landscape, where deep hollows like Calton Hollow and Bliss Camp Hollow carve through the high ground of Pleasant Ridge and Bennett Ridge. The small settlement of McDowell serves as a central point, situated near where several hollows converge. To the south, Star City sits amidst a network of springs, including Brights Spring and Hilton Spring, which have long been vital water sources in this karst-influenced terrain.

Genealogists will find several landmarks of interest, from family-linked sites like Buffington Cem and Sparks Cem to local congregations at Victory Ch, Bethel Ch, and Easyville Ch. The presence of Stansberry Cave and Stillhouse Cave highlights the subterranean geology of the Ozark region, while the King Prairie area to the northwest shows a distinct shift in the local land use and vegetation patterns during the early 1970s.