1956 Map of Salisbury

About this map

The town of Salisbury serves as the central hub of this Chariton County survey, anchored by the Wabash railroad line and a concentrated grid of streets and structures. Revisions from the late 1970s appear alongside 1950s data, showing the development of the Municipal Airfield and several Oil Tanks along the rail corridor. The landscape is defined by the complex hydrology of the Old Channel Chariton River and the Middle Fork Little Chariton River, which carve through the terrain south toward the Sterling Price Community Lake. Genealogists will find a high density of burial sites documented here, including Salisbury Cem, St Joseph Cem, and the remote Prairie Valley Cem to the north. Small settlements like Eccles and New Hope provide points of reference for tracing family roots across the townships of Wayland and Salisbury.