2015 Map of Taberville

About this map

The Osage River meanders along the southern edge of this St. Clair County landscape, forming the distinct curve at Whitley Bend. This modern topographic survey reveals a rural Missouri patchwork defined by small settlements and numerous family and community burial grounds. Taberville sits near the riverbanks at the southwest, while Iuka Springs and Johnson City occupy the northern reaches of the quadrangle. The terrain is marked by significant elevations like Underwood Hill and Golden Ridge, which rise above the drainages of Monegaw Creek and its many tributaries. For genealogists and local historians, the sheer density of named cemeteries, including Schoonover, Ridgeway, and Lewellen, provides a clear map of the area's legacy of family land ownership and rural settlement patterns. In the south, the Baldwin Lakes provide a contrast to the primarily agricultural and creek-fed valley terrain.