Smithville Lake dominates this Missouri landscape, its dendritic shoreline reaching into the surrounding farmsteads and residential developments of Clay and Clinton counties. The city of Smithville sits at the southern end of this reservoir system, where the Little Platte River is managed alongside urban features like Helvey Park Lake and Brooks Cemetery. Further north, smaller settlements like Mecca and Paradise are situated near the fingers of the lake, maintaining their identity even as the water transformed the valley topography.
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1890 · Kansas City
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1894 · Kansas City
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1894 · Independence
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1914 · Smithville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1925 · Gower
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1925 · Plattsburg
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1936 · Kearney
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1942 · Kearney
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1945 · Kearney
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1948 · Nashua
USGS Topo · 1:24,000