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2021 Map of Portageville

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Portageville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Portageville serves as the central hub of this Missouri Bootheel landscape, where the grid of city streets meets an extensive network of drainage and transport routes. The region is marked by its numerous small burial grounds, many of which carry family or local names such as Meatte Cem, Atkinson Cem, and Scott Cem. These sites, along with larger grounds like Portageville Cem, offer significant points of interest for those researching the genealogy and local history of New Madrid and Pemiscot Counties.

The terrain is defined by the Little River to the west and the slow-moving waters of Portage Open Bay to the south. Small settlements like Jaywye, Conran, and Hayward punctuate the agricultural landscape, connected by a dense system of county roads and highway corridors. The presence of Saint Eustachius Cem and Hayward Baptist Cem highlights the community's established spiritual centers in an area deeply tied to its rural and riverine geography.