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2021 Map of Vanzant

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Vanzant
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Vanzant and its surrounding Ozark terrain define this portion of Douglas County, where the landscape is deeply etched by a network of hollows and ridges. The topography is dominated by local landmarks like Twin Knobs and the high ground of White Ridge and Nye Ridge, creating a natural barrier that influenced the placement of early settlements. Small communities including Drury, Buckhart, and Denlow are connected by a winding grid of county roads and State Highways, reflecting the rural character of the area near the Mark Twain National Forest.

For family historians, the map provides precise locations for several regional burial grounds, such as Pleasant Home Cemetery, Call Sprague Cem, and Vanzant Cem. These sites, along with named drainages like Greasy Cr and W Fork Brush Cr, offer clear spatial context for 20th-century homesteads and land tracts. The numerous named hollows, including Jim Coble Hollow and Toothpick Hollow, reveal the traditional naming conventions that once guided local navigation through the timbered hills.