2021 Map of Safe

About this map

The Bourbeuse River carves a winding path through this portion of the Ozark Plateau, where the boundary between Maries and Phelps Counties divides a landscape defined by small-scale agriculture and deep-rooted family homesteads. The small settlement of Safe serves as a central point in a territory heavily marked by its genealogical sites, including the Broadway Baptist Church Cemetery and numerous private burial grounds such as Dillon Cemetery and Sewell Cemetery. These locations, often situated on high ground overlooking tributaries like Lanes Fork or Coppedge Creek, point to the generations of families who have worked this land. Toward the southern edge, the map captures the northern outskirts of St. James, where the terrain begins to transition from the rural river bottoms toward the more developed crossroads of the region.