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1942 Map of Scott

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Scott
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

Toltec Mounds stand as a prominent landmark in this alluvial landscape, where the ancient oxbow loops of the Arkansas River basin dictate the patterns of rural life. Surveyed just before the war, the region is defined by these dramatic crescent water bodies, including Bearskin Lake, Horseshoe Lake, and Old River Lake. The community of Scott serves as a central hub, situated along the St Louis Southwestern railroad line which cuts diagonally through the townships.

The map reveals a dense network of local institutions essential to early 20th-century Arkansas life, from the Toltec Sch and Banes Chapel Sch to numerous houses of worship like Mt Olive Ch and Pleasant Valley Ch. These markers, alongside family-named cemeteries such as Simmons Cem and Hudgens Cem, provide a precise record of the dispersed settlements that once thrived along the fertile banks of Plum Bayou and Bakers Bayou.