2017 Map of New Madrid

About this map

New Madrid occupies the north bank of a dramatic oxbow on the Mississippi River, where the New Madrid Bend forces the water into a tight southward loop. This landscape is shaped by the river's massive alluvial shifts, evidenced by features like Madrid Bar and Kentucky Point Bar. The map reveals a high density of rural burial grounds, including the Sand Hill Cem and Evergreen Cem, which often cluster near early homesteads or established parishes like Saint Marys Cem. A significant archaeological marker, the Indian Mound, sits just south of Howardville, while the BNSF Railway and County Memorial Airport trace the modern transit corridors through this flood-prone region. From Lilbourn to Marston, the grid of agricultural drainage and country roads defines the flat bottomlands of the Missouri Bootheel.