1997 Map of West Memphis

About this map

West Memphis and the neighboring city of Marion define this landscape just west of the Mississippi River in Crittenden County. This late 1990s record documents the significant urban and infrastructure development between the river and the inland bayous, including the extensive network of drainage features like the Tenmile Bayou Diversion Ditch. The map details a community deeply integrated with transportation and recreation, showing the West Memphis Airport and the Southland Park Racetrack as major local landmarks. Institutional foundations are well-represented by the Crittenden Memorial Hospital, Wonder High Sch, and several local churches like St Johns Ch. To the south, the map illustrates the complex river boundary at Vice Presidents Island No 46, where the Arkansas Tennessee state line follows an Indefinite Boundary through the shifting river course and reclaimed bottomlands.