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1949 Map of Odessa North

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Odessa North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Odessa serves as the southern anchor for this rural landscape in Lafayette County, where the Gulf Mobile And Ohio railroad cuts a straight path across the lower portion of the map near Lake Venita. The terrain is defined by the winding drainages of Little Sni-A-Bar Creek and East Fork Sni-A-Bar Creek, which carve through the townships of Clay, Lexington, and Washington.

A dense network of early 20th-century rural infrastructure is visible, including a remarkable concentration of country schoolhouses such as Cabbage Neck Sch, Elm Park Sch, and Prairie Valley Sch. Further north, a Mine Dump indicates the localized coal or mineral extraction that once supported the area's economy. The community of Greenton Ch and its adjacent Greenton Cem provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracing families in the countryside north of the main settlement.