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2014 Map of Strangers Home

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Strangers Home
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Strangers Home and the rural lowlands of the White River basin define this portion of the Arkansas Delta near the border of Lawrence, Jackson, and Independence counties. The landscape is dominated by the winding course of the Black River, which creates a complex hydrology of oxbows and sloughs including Rainey Bend, Shirey Bay, and Horseshoe Lake. These riparian features, alongside the Strawberry River in the west, once shaped the movement of goods and people before the modern road network took hold.

Genealogists and local historians can find significant value in the distribution of family and community burial grounds, such as Strangers Home Cem, Broom Cem, and Ruffner Cem. The presence of the Old Martin Mill Place suggests the area's earlier agricultural and industrial reliance on water power. Between the larger settlements of Lynn and Clover Bend, the map reveals a land of scattered homesteads and extensive drainage systems like Big Running Water Creek, illustrating the long-term efforts to manage the fertile but swampy terrain for cultivation.