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2011 Map of Urbana

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Urbana
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Lawson and Urbana serve as the primary hubs in this corner of Union County, defined by a landscape deeply integrated with the petroleum industry. The presence of the Lawson Oil and Gas Field, Urbana Oil Field, and Sandy Bend Oil Field indicates a region where economic life is tied to the subsurface. These fields are interspersed with rural homesteads and local roads like Rhodes Chapel Rd and Sandy Bend Rd.

Genealogists will find a significant concentration of burial sites throughout the area, including Philadelphia Cemetery, Rhodes Chapel Cemetery, and Knowles Cemetery. The map documents the infrastructure of small-town Arkansas life, from the Lawson Post Office to the Urbana Post Office, while the natural drainage of Cypress Creek and Dry Creek cuts through the surveyed sections, illustrating the balance between industrial extraction and the persistent rural environment.