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1942 Map of Montgomery City

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Montgomery City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

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Loutre Creek and the Loutre River carve a winding course through this section of central Missouri, shaping a landscape defined by sharp elevation changes and narrow valleys. At the dawn of the 1940s, the region maintained a dense network of rural infrastructure, visible in the high concentration of one-room schoolhouses such as Whiteside Sch, Gill Sch, and Prairie Fork Sch. These schools, along with country churches like Antioch Ch and St Patricks Ch, served as the primary social anchors for the surrounding farmsteads.

Highway 40 provides the principal east-west corridor, connecting the settlements of Williamsburg, Mineola, and Danville. In the northeast corner, the Wabash RR skirts Montgomery City, marking the intersection of rail-based commerce and the older river-and-road network. Genealogists can locate numerous small family burial grounds throughout the countryside, including Garnett Cem, Washington Cem, and Hensen Cem, offering a precise record of local heritage before later development altered the rural township structure.