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1960 Map of Stoutsville

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Stoutsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Stoutsville sits as a central hub along the Wabash railroad line, serving as a primary settlement in this Monroe County landscape before modern reservoir projects altered the local topography. The map illustrates a rural economy deeply tied to the natural drainage of the North Fork Salt River and the Salt River, where river crossings like Kitty Wheelin Ford and Leich Ford provided essential transit points between townships.

Genealogists can find significant local history in the placement of Jeter Cem, St Andrews Cem, and Grigler Cem, which anchor the small communities of Clapper and Stoutsville. The terrain is marked by numerous named tributaries such as Buck Creek and Indian Creek, showing a patchwork of wooded hills and cleared creek bottoms typical of northeast Missouri's agricultural heritage during the mid-twentieth century.