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1939 Map of Moundville

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Moundville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Moundville serves as the primary hub in this southwestern Missouri landscape surveyed in the late 1930s. The region is defined by a dense network of rural infrastructure, featuring a notable concentration of country schools such as Hackberry Sch, Sylvan Dale Sch, and Nash Sch that anchored local farming communities. Transportation was dominated by the crossing paths of the Missouri Kansas Texas and the Missouri Pacific railroads, which facilitated the movement of goods and people through the plains.

Natural water features like the Marmaton River and Dry Wood Creek wind through the township boundaries, creating low-lying sloughs and lakes such as Bens Slough and Lively Lake. The presence of the St Francis Convent near the eastern edge and the Wilburn Cem to the south provides specific points of interest for genealogists tracing family roots in Vernon County. This map documents a period before the consolidation of rural school districts and the shifting of rail priorities.