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2011 Map of Pilot Grove North

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Pilot Grove North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

The Lamine River and Blackwater River converge in this section of Cooper County, creating a landscape defined by significant waterways and low-lying bottoms. The settlement of Blackwater sits in the northwest, while Chouteau Springs and the northern edge of Pilot Grove anchor the central and southern portions of the map. These small communities are connected by a network of rural roads that cross the drainage systems at points like Dicks Bridge and Bryant Bottom Bridge.

Genealogists will find the locations of Herndon Cemetery and Saint Martin Cemetery useful for local history research. The presence of named terrain features such as Slaughterhouse Bend on the Missouri River in the far northeast and Roberts Bluff near the Roberts Bluff Bridge provides a clear view of the area's physical geography. This survey documents the intersection of rural agriculture and natural watercourses, showing how early settlement patterns followed the fertile grounds of Bryant Bottom.