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1940 Map of Montgomery City

Name: 1940 Topographic Map of Montgomery City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

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Montgomery City anchors the northeastern corner of this landscape, where the Wabash RR cuts through the prairie before reaching the more dissected terrain to the south and west. The topography shifts dramatically from the flat expanse of Nine Mile Prairie to the winding drainage of the Loutre River, which is fed by numerous tributaries such as Bachelor Creek and Whetstone Creek. This 1940 survey documents a dense network of rural infrastructure, recording countless family-named landmarks and local centers that defined mid-century Missouri life.

Small settlements like Danville, Mineola, and Williamsburg are depicted alongside an impressive density of country institutions. Genealogists will find many named cemeteries, including Worland Cem and Covington Cem, while the distribution of rural schools like Verbena Dale Sch and Prairie Fork Sch reveals the historical settlement patterns of Montgomery and Callaway counties. Significant rural churches, such as St Patricks Ch and Antioch Ch, served as the focal points for these scattered farming communities.