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1944 Map of West Plains

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of West Plains
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

West Plains serves as the primary hub of this 1944 survey, situated at the junction of the St Louis - San Francisco railroad and several local highways. The town's layout includes civic and recreation sites like American Legion Field, the County Home, and a Sewage Disposal plant. Extending south toward the Missouri Arkansas state line, the landscape is defined by a dense network of rural one-room schools such as Homeland Sch, Valley View Sch, and Neubarger Sch.

The southern portion of the quadrangle transitions into a rugged valley system carved by the South Fork Spring River and Myatt Creek. Small farming communities and gathering places like Fruitville, Lanton, and Moody are interspersed with family-named landmarks and remote cemeteries, including Saddle Cem and Mc Elmery Cem. The map captures a moment when rural life in Howell County was still anchored by these neighborhood school districts and country churches like Brown Chapel.