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2017 Map of Salem

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Salem
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Salem serves as the focal point for this Dent County landscape, where the town's residential street grid transitions into the wooded hills and hollows of the Mark Twain National Forest. The map documents a territory defined by small water bodies and dispersed rural landmarks, including Mathes Lake, Bass Lake, and Lake Ziske. These water sources, along with drainage features like Dry Fork and Spring Creek, have historically influenced the location of homesteads and burial grounds throughout the region.

Local history and genealogy are anchored by numerous family and community cemeteries, such as Northlawn Cem, Cedar Grove Cem, and Carty Cem, which are found both within the town limits and along rural roads like Co Rd 3130. The settlement of Howes to the northeast and the presence of names like Cavanaugh Cem and Togleson Cem provide specific points of interest for researchers tracing the development of this Missouri Ozark community in the early twenty-first century.