1942 Map of Waynesville

About this map

Waynesville and the winding course of the Gasconade River anchor this mid-century survey of the Ozark highlands. The map provides a detailed look at the initial footprint of Fort Leonard Wood during World War II, showing its expansion across the southern landscape near Big Piney River. The terrain is defined by deep hollows and river bends, including the sharp oxbows at Shockley Bend Road and the prominent Portuguese Point. Cultural details of the era are abundant, from the Old Indian Lead Mine to numerous family cemeteries such as Burchard Cem and Christeson Cem. The St Louis San Francisco railway passes through Dixon and Hancock in the north, while the southern reaches are marked by rural schoolhouses like Gospel Ridge Sch and Anderson Sch that served the area's dispersed hilltop and valley communities.