1997 Map of Poynor

About this map

Poynor and Ponder serve as the primary hubs in this rural landscape of southern Missouri, surveyed in the late 1990s as it transitions toward the Arkansas border. The terrain is defined by the extensive drainage systems of the North Fork and East Fork of Fourche Creek, which converge amidst the wooded elevations of the Mark Twain National Forest. The map is particularly dense with small family and community burial grounds, including the Old Ponder Cemetery, Plank Cemetery, and Murrell Cemetery, reflecting generations of local settlement near the Ripley County Fairground.