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1951 Map of Rolla

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Rolla
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

Rolla serves as the central hub of this Missouri landscape, dominated by the campus of the Missouri School of Mines and the specialized Missouri Trachoma Hospital. The town's growth is clearly aligned with the path of the St. Louis San Francisco RR, which cuts a diagonal through the terrain, connecting the urban center to outlying communities like Doolittle and Northwye. Beyond the city limits, the map reveals a rural economy shaped by natural resources, evidenced by the Beaver Creek Mine and several clay pits.

Water sources like Martin Spring and Gollahon Spring feed into a complex network of creeks including Little Beaver Creek and Little Piney Creek. The map is particularly valuable for genealogical research, documenting numerous country schoolhouses and family-named burial grounds such as Strawhun Cem, Roach Cem, and Hudgens Cem. This record captures the transition between the established mining and rail era and the mid-century expansion of the local road network.