2015 Map of Parma

About this map

Parma sits at a crossroads of Missouri's agricultural heartland, characterized by a highly engineered landscape of drainage ditches and straight roads. The town is flanked by other small settlements including Risco, Tallapoosa, and Lorwood, reflecting the area's history of rural development in New Madrid County. Water management is the dominant geographic feature, with Caney Slough and man-made conduits like Ditch Number 6 and Ditch Number 1 cutting through the grid to manage the low-lying terrain. The map records several smaller nodes and points of interest for local historians, such as Forest Spur and Como, along with the Parma Cemetery and Como Cemetery. This network of roads, including State Highway UU and Mo-D, connects these communities across a landscape defined by the Public Land Survey System sections of T23N and T22N.