2020 Map of Polk Creek Mountain

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Ouachita National Forest dominates this section of Montgomery County, where the topography transitions from the high ridges of the Caddo Mountains and Fodderstack Range into the river valleys below. Small rural settlements like Alf and Back Valley are connected by winding roads such as Fancy Hill Rd and State Hwy 240. The landscape is defined by its complex drainage network, notably where the S Fork Ouachita River and the S Fork Caddo River originate amidst peaks like Statehouse Mtn and Polk Creek Mountain. Local history is anchored by several small family and community burial grounds, including Mount Gilead Cem, Scott Cem, and Stover Cem, which are often the most enduring markers of late 19th and early 20th-century homesteads in this densely forested region.