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2017 Map of Naylor

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Naylor
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Naylor and Neelyville anchor this 2017 survey of the borderlands where the Missouri Bootheel meets the Ozark foothills. The landscape is defined by an extensive network of water management, with engineering evident in features like Jennings Ditch, Harviell Ditch, and Lateral Number 1. These drainages transformed the lowlands east of the Little Black River into productive agricultural territory, as suggested by the presence of Sharecropper Ridge.

For genealogists and local historians, the map identifies numerous family and community burial sites, including Masonic Cem, Barfield Cem, and the Lutz Cem. Terrain markers such as Rattlesnake Knob and Buncomb Ridge provide a sense of the area's natural relief against the more modified plains. Smaller settlements like Parks and Hubbells appear as crossroads communities within this hybrid landscape of riverine bottomlands and organized drainage systems.