Loading map...

1970 Map of Strickler

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Strickler
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Skylight Mountain rises above a landscape defined by deep drainages and rural settlements in the southern Ozarks. This 1970s record, revised in the early 1980s, captures the high-relief terrain where the Washington Co Crawford Co line crosses rugged ridges. Small agricultural and homestead pockets like Strickler and Onda are connected by narrow roads following valley floors, while the southeastern corner is dominated by the steep ravines of Devils Den State Park.

For family historians, the map is remarkably dense with burial sites including Morrow Cem, Scott Cem, and Dunkard Cem, which sit alongside country churches such as Cove Creek Ch. The drainage patterns of Cove Creek, Fall Creek, and Lee Creek dictate the placement of these early communities, showing how the geography of the Ozark National Forest influenced late 20th-century habitation and land use before modern development patterns shifted.