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2021 Map of South West City

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of South West City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Southwest City sits in the southwestern corner of this survey, where the Missouri border meets Oklahoma and Delaware County. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the Elk River and its numerous tributaries, such as Cave Springs Br and Honey Cr. This area in McDonald County is characterized by a series of deeply etched hollows, including Saratoga Hollow and Shanghai Hollow, which reveal the complex drainage patterns of the Ozark plateau.

Genealogists and local historians will find a high density of small family and community burial grounds, from the Williams - Hays Cem in the north to the Stone Cem near the eastern border. The road network, including Co HWY J and Co HWY O, connects several small settlements and rural crossroads like Saratoga and Spring Valley, illustrating the persistence of late-20th-century rural settlement patterns into the modern era.