2021 Map of Rayville

About this map

Rayville sits at the center of this Missouri landscape, where the headwaters of the W Fork Crooked River and Rocky Fork carve a dendritic pattern through the terrain. The map captures a primarily agricultural region defined by small, dispersed settlements like Elkhorn, Swanwick, and Saint Cloud. Researchers will find a high density of rural burial grounds, including the McGaugh Cem, Crowley Cem, and Sanderson Cem, which often point to the locations of earlier farmsteads and pioneer families in Ray County. To the south, the landscape shifts toward managed water resources with Swofford Lake and the Ray County Number A-24b Lake. The road network, including State Hwy U and State Hwy FF, follows the natural ridgelines and drainage divides, illustrating how the local geography dictated early transportation routes and subsequent township development.