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1951 Map of New Boston

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of New Boston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Mussel Fork and its winding tributaries dominate this landscape on the border of Linn and Macon Counties. Compiled from 1930s aerial photography and surveyed in the late 1940s, the map illustrates a rural Missouri environment defined by small schoolhouses and country churches. Significant local landmarks include North Swede Ch, Union Chapel, and Helton Ch, alongside community education centers like Green Sch and Fairview Sch.

The settlement of New Boston serves as a primary hub in the west, while the village of Goldsberry anchors the eastern side of the quadrangle. In the southeast corner, the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad cuts across the terrain near Ethel Lake. This survey captures the mid-century agricultural character of the region, preserving the exact locations of family-named cemeteries such as White Cem and Bell Cem before modern consolidation altered many of these rural districts.