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1934 Map of Williamsville

Name: 1934 Topographic Map of Williamsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Williamsville and the winding Black River define this corner of the Ozark foothills during the early 1930s. The landscape is a patchwork of the Clark National Forest and rural settlements connected by the St Louis San Francisco railroad. This survey captures a specific era of public works and tourism, marked by the presence of a CCC Camp and the Keener Cave Resort near the Wayne and Butler County line.

Genealogists and local historians will find a dense network of country schools and churches, such as Crommertown Sch, Budapest Ch, and Pew Chapel, serving isolated hollows like Melody Hollow and Old Still Hollow. Small communities like Budapest and Ellsinore appear alongside industrial traces like the Barrett Mine, illustrating the diverse timber, mining, and agricultural economy of the Missouri Bootheel's northern edge.