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1934 Map of Sikeston

Name: 1934 Topographic Map of Sikeston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1934
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1934

About this map

Sikeston serves as the focal point of this 1930s landscape, positioned at the junction of the St Louis - San Francisco and Missouri Pacific railroads. The map reveals a highly engineered agricultural environment defined by an extensive drainage network, including Ditch No 9, Ditch No 36, and Ash Slough, which transformed the low-lying terrain of Long Prairie and Sandy Woods into productive land.

Rural life is documented through a dense distribution of local institutions such as Silent Hill Ch, Pleasant Valley Ch, and numerous schools like Shady Grove Sch and Landers Ridge Sch. Significant outlying settlements including Morehouse, Matthews, and Canalou are shown with their early 20th-century street grids and rail connections. The presence of Carpenter Cem and specialized place names like Pharris Ridge Sch provides specific data points for genealogists and local historians studying the Bootheel region.