1975 Map of Severy North

About this map

The Fall River Lake reservoir dominates this portion of Greenwood County, where the Fall River was impounded to create the State Wildlife Management Area. The landscape in the mid-1970s shows a complex network of tributaries including Otter Creek, Snake Creek, and Casner Creek feeding into the larger water system. Human settlement is centered on the small communities of Climax and Severy, with the latter positioned near the southern boundary where the St Louis San Francisco railroad cuts across the prairie. Evidence of local industry and infrastructure is visible through scattered Oil Wells, an Oil Field, and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe rail line running north-south through the terrain. Genealogists will find the Twin Grove Cem and South Lawn Cem useful for locating family records in Twin Grove.