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1971 Map of Slater

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Slater
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Slater serves as the primary hub of this Saline County landscape, its street grid and urban footprint clearly defined against the surrounding agricultural terrain. The Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroad cuts across the northern half of the sheet, providing a direct industrial link between the residential core of Slater and the nearby town of Gilliam. This transport corridor reflects the era’s reliance on rail for moving goods through Missouri’s farming heartland.

Smaller rural markers provide significant genealogical value, including the Orearville settlement and several family-named landmarks. Researchers can locate the Mt Horeb Cem and Hickman Cem, alongside the Slater High Sch and Slater Memorial Airport. The physical landscape is drained by a network of waterways including Thrailkill Branch, Rock Creek, and Camp Creek, which define the topography across the townships of Miami, Cambridge, and Clay.