New Franklin and Franklin anchor the southern reaches of this Howard County landscape, situated near the winding course of Bonne Femme Creek. The region is defined by a dense network of tributaries including Salt Cr, Adams Fork, and Dry Cr, which carve through the terrain north of the Missouri River valley. Significant for genealogical research, the map identifies several local burial sites such as Mount Pleasant Cem near the settlement of Estill, as well as Drake Cem and Robinson Cem further east. The transition from the clustered streets of New Franklin, marked by W Broadway and E Broadway, to the outlying rural reaches illustrates a classic Midwestern pattern of small-town centers giving way to agricultural land and wooded creek bottoms like those surrounding Sulphur Cr.
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1888 · Boonville
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1890 · Glasgow
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1947 · Glasgow
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1947 · Jefferson City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1952 · Rocheport
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1952 · Boonville
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1952 · New Franklin
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1952 · Hilldale
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Moberly
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1953 · Fayette
USGS Topo · 1:24,000