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1968 Map of Piedmont

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Piedmont
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Piedmont serves as the focal point of this late 1960s Ozark landscape, where the Missouri Pacific railroad corridor dictates the settlement pattern through the river valley. The town's mid-century infrastructure is well-defined, featuring the Piedmont Memorial Airport, a Substation, and even a Drive-in Theater situated east of the main town site. Just to the south, the smaller community of Beckville sits near the McKenzie Creek floodplain, illustrating the tight relationship between topography and town development in this part of Benton township.

Genealogists will find several family-named burial sites scattered across the hills, including the Ruble Cem, Diesel-Moore Cem, and Anderson Cem. The transition from valley commerce to the wooded ridges of the Clark National Forest is sharp, marked by landmarks like Lon Sanders Canyon and various Quarries that suggest the local extractive economy. Higher elevations like Clark Mountain and Grassy Mountain overlook a network of creek branches and rural institutions such as Beulah Ch and Peachtree Ch.