1942 Map of Moundville

About this map

The Marmaton River meanders across this rural Vernon County landscape, defining the northern boundary where oxbows and sloughs like Bens Slough and Lively Lake suggest a dynamic floodplain. Surveyed just before the Second World War, the area is anchored by the small settlements of Moundville and Ellis, both situated along the Missouri Pacific railroad corridor. A dense network of local country schools, including Hazel Dell Sch, Nash Sch, and Carl Sch, reveals a distributed rural population that relied on these local hubs for education and community life. The convergence of the Missouri Kansas Texas and Missouri Pacific lines highlights the region's historical reliance on rail for transporting agricultural goods. Further south, the terrain becomes more dissected by drainage systems such as Dry Wood Creek and Hattons Slough, where the Wilburn Cem serves as a significant genealogical marker for early families in Deerfield and Moundville townships.