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1970 Map of Piney Grove

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Piney Grove
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Little Missouri River meanders sharply across this rural landscape at the convergence of Nevada, Hempstead, and Pike Counties. During the early 1970s, this area remained largely defined by small scattered settlements and rural gathering places like Piney Grove and Bowen. The map reveals a high density of country churches and burial grounds that anchored these local communities, including Bethel Ch, St Thomas Ch, and Ebenezer Cem.

Hydrology plays a dominant role in the local economy and geography, with the Antoine River joining the Little Missouri and numerous small waterways like Number One Bayou and Buffalo Creek draining the timbered lowlands. Evidence of local industry is visible through various Gravel Pits concentrated in the southwestern portion of the quadrangle. The map captures the transition of the river bottoms, where winding banks and oxbow features like Shackles Lake characterize the floodplain before the terrain rises toward the northern hills.