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1951 Map of Silver Ridge

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Silver Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

The Saline River winds through the heart of Sevier and Howard Counties, defining a landscape of creek bottoms and low ridges during the early 1950s. The settlement pattern is characterized by scattered rural hubs often centered on community landmarks like Silver Ridge and Milford. A significant number of small country churches and family-linked burial grounds are documented here, including Holly Springs Ch, Kingree Chapel, and Mt Garmon Cem.

Southward, the terrain transitions into the namesake territory of Blue Bayou and the Ben Lomond district. These townships are connected by a network of unimproved dirt roads and light-duty paths that cross numerous water features such as Sulphur Slough and Cypress Slough. The prevalence of named landmarks like Steele Hill and Gravity Point Ch offers genealogists a specific look at the mid-century social geography of this Arkansas river valley before later modernization.