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2017 Map of Strangers Home

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Strangers Home
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Lynn and the namesake settlement of Strangers Home anchor this survey of the Arkansas lowlands where Lawrence, Jackson, and Independence counties meet. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the Black River, which creates a complex network of wetlands and oxbows such as Rainey Brake, Shirey Bay, and Adams Brake. The river’s serpentine path is marked by numerous named points including Stalling Bend, Shirley Lower Bend, and Red Fox Bend, alongside the Selser Cut-off which indicates the natural and engineered shifts in the waterway's flow.

Genealogists will find a high concentration of burial sites throughout the rural countryside, including Pleasant Hill Cem, Strangers Home Cem, Broom Cem, Cross Cem, Ruffner Cem, and Shell Cem. Transportation in this river-oriented economy is represented by legacy routes like Whitlow Ferry Rd and the Partee Ferry Loop, tracing the historic methods of traversing the Black River and the Strawberry River before modern bridging.