2004 Map of Smallett

About this map

Smallett and Squires anchor this portion of the Ozarks during a period of forest management and rural preservation. The landscape is defined by the Mark Twain National Forest and the Haden Bald Natural Area, which protect prominent terrain features like Haden Bald and Preston Ridge. The map reveals a deeply etched topography of hollows and ridges, including Maloney Hollow and Sugar Tree Hollow, where small settlements and homesteads once clustered near reliable water sources like South Spring Creek and Little North Fork. Genealogists will find a high density of small family and community burial grounds, such as Krider Cem, Holt Cem, and the Norris-Piland Cem. This documentation by the Forest Service captures the rural infrastructure along the Gladetop Trail, maintaining a record of country churches like Walnut Grove Ch and New Harmony Ch that served these isolated Missouri communities.