Mississippi River dynamics dominate this portion of Mississippi County, where the massive waterway forms the border between Missouri and Kentucky. The landscape is defined by its relationship to the water, featuring the extensive New Madrid Floodway and a series of secondary channels like Number 3 Chute. Low-lying terrain is marked by distinctive oxbow remnants and depressions such as Nolen Blue Hole, Bratcher Lake, and Thirtyfour Corner Blue Hole. Small settlements like Deventer, Crosno, and Belmont are connected by a network of county roads and the primary Levee Rd. Family history is rooted in the high ground of O'Bryan Ridge, home to the O'Bryan Cemetery, while the river's edge maintains its historical utility through O'Bryan Landing and McFadden Landing.
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1939 · Wickliffe
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Charleston
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Hickman
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Bayouville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1951 · Oakton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1951 · Wolf Island
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1951 · Wickliffe SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1951 · Arlington
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1951 · Wickliffe
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1952 · Wickliffe
USGS Topo · 1:62,500