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1972 Map of Neosho West

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Neosho West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Neosho expands westward in the early 1970s, where the Missouri prairie meets the winding drainage of Buffalo Creek. This area reveals a transition from the structured street grid of the city to the rural landscape of Newton County, where small communities like Belfast and McElhany are anchored by local institutions such as Belfast Ch and Oakwood Ch. The transportation network is a primary feature, defined by the crossing of the St Louis San Francisco and Kansas City Southern railroads.

Industrial and recreational footprints are evident at the Neosho Memorial Airport and the nearby Fairground. Local history is preserved in small family and community plots like New Salem Cem and Regan Cem, while the southern reaches near the Newton Co McDonald Co line transition into more broken terrain characterized by Sugar Fork and the Goodman Lookout Tower. The presence of Mines in the northwestern corner highlights the region's mineral heritage.