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1962 Map of Redbird

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Redbird
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

Bourbeuse River meanders across this rural Missouri landscape, defining the topography of Gasconade, Crawford, and Phelps counties. The 1962 survey, with revisions from 1978, illustrates a scattered network of small settlements and river crossings before modern road developments. The settlement of Redbird serves as a central hub, surrounded by family-named landmarks and river fords such as Sewell Ford and Arthur Spring Ford.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of community centers like the Jake Prairie Chapel and the Leduc Ch, alongside several rural burial grounds including Smith Cem, Sorrell Cem, and Pope Cem. The presence of a Claypit near the Baptist Youth Camp suggests the local importance of raw material extraction in an otherwise agrarian and wooded region. The map also records the Community Building and schools that once anchored these small Ozark Plateau communities.