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1924 Map of St. Joseph

Name: 1924 Topographic Map of St. Joseph
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

The Missouri River and its intricate floodplain dominate this 1924 landscape, carving a complex boundary between Missouri and Kansas. The river's winding path creates distinctive landforms like French Bottom and Nodaway Island, while Garlich Lake and Sollars Lake occupy former oxbows. This survey records a dense network of early 20th-century rural infrastructure, particularly the high concentration of country schools such as Hummon School, Goodloe School, and Whiteoak School that once served the farmsteads of Nodaway and Lincoln townships.

In the south, the city of St. Joseph is shown with its grid of streets, including Mitchell Ave, and major institutional landmarks like the State Hospital and City Waterworks. The map also captures the vital rail corridors of the Chicago Great Western and the Burlington and Quincy railroads as they pass through Savannah, providing a clear look at the region's transport and settlement patterns before mid-century changes.