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1950 Map of Urbana

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Urbana
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Urbana and Louisburg anchor this mid-century survey of the Missouri Ozarks, where the tri-county boundary of Hickory, Dallas, and Polk meets. The landscape is defined by the headwaters of numerous small waterways, including Ingalls Creek, Stick Branch, and Thomas Creek, which carve through the townships of Lincoln and Greene. This era shows a distributed rural community sustained by local landmarks such as Bower Chapel, Pleasant Ridge Ch, and Mission Ridge Ch.

The presence of the Star Ridge Sch and several small settlements like Huckaby, Hopewell, and Rimby reflects a period before the consolidation of rural districts. The map provides precise locations for family researchers and historians to identify old homesteads and communal centers, tracing the development of the road network that connects these upland prairies and wooded creek bottoms during the 1950s.