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1951 Map of Patmos

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Patmos
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

Patmos serves as a central hub in this Hempstead County landscape, where the Kansas City Southern railroad cuts through the terrain of Bodcaw and Deroane. The map documents a deeply rooted rural society defined by its many community institutions, including Patmos School and a high density of country churches such as Old Evening Shade Ch, St Pauls Ch, and New Hope Ch.

Family and community history is preserved through numerous burial grounds like Macedonia Cem, Huckabee Cem, and Wise Cem. Ancient landscape history is also visible near the banks of Little Bodcaw Creek, where the Indian Mounds are recorded. This survey provides a precise account of Arkansas's Red River Valley hinterlands in the early 1950s, showing the early industrial presence of a Clay Pit alongside long-established settlements like Coler and Center Point.