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1951 Map of Nashville

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Nashville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

The town of Nashville serves as the focal point of this early 1950s survey, marked by the prominent Courthouse, Post Office, and Howard County Memorial Hospital. The community's infrastructure is well-defined by the Missouri Pacific railroad and the Nashville Airport located to the north. Outside the main settlement, the landscape transitions into a network of rural crossroads and farming communities like Bingen, North Bingen, and Clow.

Regional history is preserved through numerous rural landmarks, including Chapel Hill Ch, Unity Ch, and Coleys Chapel. The terrain is shaped by the Buck Range to the south and the winding courses of Mine Creek and Fork Ozan Creek. These watercourses and the density of country churches such as St Paul Ch and Zion Ch suggest a well-established agrarian society centered on small local parishes and the Howard and Hempstead County line.