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1921 Map of Stotts City

Name: 1921 Topographic Map of Stotts City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1921
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1921

About this map

Mt Vernon serves as a prominent anchor for this portion of Lawrence County, notably featuring the State Sanitarium and the nearby County Farm. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the Spring River and its tributaries, including Honey Creek and Center Creek. In the southwest, the community of Freistatt is established near the German Church, while Stotts City sits along the Missouri Pacific railroad line.

A dense network of country schools and rural churches illustrates the settlement patterns of the early twentieth century. Education centers like Spanish Fort School and Blue Hall School are scattered across the terrain of Vineyard Mountain and Mt Pleasant. Transportation is facilitated by the Louis and San Francisco rail line, which connects smaller stops like Williams Switch and the town of Miller in the north. The presence of Crawford Cemetery and Roberts Cemetery provides specific points of interest for those researching local family histories.