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1894 Map of Nevada

Name: 1894 Topographic Map of Nevada
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1934
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1934

About this map

Nevada serves as the central hub of this late 19th-century landscape, positioned at the intersection of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad. The region is defined by a dense network of township divisions and small agricultural settlements, many of which are linked by these burgeoning rail corridors. To the north, the Little Osage River winds across the border of Metz and Osage townships, while the southern reaches near Lamar are shaped by the Muddy Fork of Spring River.

Genealogists will find a wealth of vanished or evolved localities such as Clintonville, Rhinehart, and Bellamy. The terrain features the prominent Blue Mound in the north and the therapeutic waters of El Dorado Springs in the northeast corner. This map captures Missouri's prairie borderlands at a time when the railroad-and-river economy dictated the growth of towns like Walker, Sheldon, and Moundville.