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1935 Map of Tuckerman

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Tuckerman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

The Cache River and Village Creek dominate this 1930s landscape, winding through a complex network of sloughs and ditches that define the agricultural character of eastern Arkansas. The terrain is a literal map of water management, featuring intricate systems like Locust Ditch and Willow Ditch alongside natural features such as Tupelo Brake and Mink Slough. Settlements such as Tuckerman, Grubbs, and Amagon serve as the primary hubs, connected by the Missouri Pacific and St Louis Southwestern Ry lines.

Rural life is anchored by small community centers where education and faith overlapped, seen in labels like Post Oak Sch & Ch and Blue Sch Ch & Cem. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of numerous family-named landmarks and smaller hamlets like Milltown and Auvergne. The presence of Stringers Mill and Wilkinsville Spur highlights the local timber and rail-based economy before later 20th-century consolidations changed the rural landscape.