1953 Map of Pilot Grove North

About this map

Blackwater River and the Lamine River converge in this mid-century landscape of Cooper County, where the infrastructure of the Missouri Pacific and Kansas Texas Missouri railroads dictated the growth of local commerce. The map records a transition from the bottomlands of Slaughterhouse Bend to the higher ground of Pilot Grove. Rural life is meticulously documented through local institutions like Locust Grove Sch, Lamine Ch, and the community gathering point at Chouteau Springs. Engineering of the era is visible in the channelization of the Lamine Ditch and the placement of crossings such as Dicks Bridge and Bryant Bottom Bridge. Genealogists will find value in the specific locations of several burial grounds, including Herndon Cem and St Martin Cem, which sit near the winding course of Chouteau Creek.