2011 Map of Van Cleve

About this map

Van Cleve and its historical counterpart Old Van Cleve anchor this rural landscape in Maries County, where a network of family-named cemeteries and narrow creek valleys defines the local geography. The map documents a deeply rooted agricultural community through the distribution of sites like Barnhart Cemetery, Stokes Cemetery, and Jim-Matt Lawson Cemetery. Waterways including Tavern Creek, Little Tavern Creek, and Wiemer Creek dictate the positioning of settlements such as Meyerstown and Sudheimer. The convergence of Tavern Creek and Berry Creek near the settlement of Tavern illustrates the traditional reliance on these drainage systems for orientation and movement through the region. This 2011 survey provides a contemporary perspective on historical land patterns, preserving the names of rural thoroughfares like Kemna Bridge Rd and Brays Mill Rd that connect isolated homesteads to the broader county infrastructure.