2017 Map of Rockville

About this map

Rockville and Schell City anchor this landscape where the boundaries of Bates, Vernon, and St. Clair counties converge. The winding course of the Osage River dominates the southern reaches, creating a complex wetland environment of oxbows and sloughs including Horseshoe Lake, See Lake, and Granddad Slough. This fluvial geography historically shaped the local agriculture and transit patterns, evidenced by the numerous ponds like Bell Pond and Old Folks Pond that dot the river valley. The map reveals the civic structure of the era through the grid of Rockville, featuring Vernon Ave and Osage Ave, and the presence of several community burial grounds such as Rockville Cem, Meyer Cem, and Spring Grove Cem. To the south, the Schell Lake and Atkinson Lake area highlights the managed water resources and natural depressions near Pecan Hollow.