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1946 Map of New Florence

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of New Florence
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

New Florence and Montgomery City serve as the primary hubs in this mid-century Missouri landscape, where the Wabash railroad corridor dictates the pattern of local commerce and growth. The southern portion of the map transitions into more broken terrain near the Loutre River, marked by prominent landmarks like The Pinnacle and Hugo Hill. This area is particularly dense with rural institutions, including a high concentration of country schoolhouses such as Orange Blossom Sch, Crabapple Sch, and Big Ebenezer Sch.

An interesting aviation detail is the Emergency Airfield located just south of New Florence, likely positioned to support early transcontinental flight paths. Settlement names like High Hill, Jonesburg, and Big Spring are interspersed with smaller crossroads like Liege and Prices Branch. The survey also documents family-named features and religious sites such as the Holiness Mission and Wright Cem, providing a detailed record of the community's social geography before post-war consolidation altered the rural landscape.