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1939 Map of Morley

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Morley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Scott County, Missouri, is defined here by a massive hydraulic engineering network, where the Headwater Diversion Channel and a complex system of numbered ditches, such as Ditch No 12 and Ditch No 1, have transformed the lowland terrain. This intricate drainage effort supported the growth of railroad-centric towns like Chaffee and Morley along the St Louis San Francisco and Missouri Pacific lines.

Genealogists will find a dense distribution of rural education sites, including Hooe Sch, Debol Sch, and Pleasant Hill Sch, which reflect the community structure of the late 1930s. The landscape transitions from the higher elevations of Cox Hill and Sand Ridge to the reclaimed agricultural flats near Brooks Junction and Blodgett. The map captures the region just as the Southwestern Division Channel and local levees were becoming permanent fixtures of the flood control strategy.