1959 Map of Womack

About this map

Clark National Forest encompasses a significant portion of this Missouri landscape, where the headwaters of the Whitewater River and Castor River emerge from the dense hills. The small settlement of Womack serves as a central point in an area defined by rural community hubs and rugged topography. Local life is anchored by institutions like the Silver Point Ch, Unity Sch, and Crossroads Ch, which provided essential services to families living along the creek bottoms of Saline Creek and Greasy Creek. Evidence of early state infrastructure is visible through the Whitewater Lookout Tower and Higdon Lookout Tower, along with a Radio Range Station used for aviation navigation. Several county lines, including those for Ste Genevieve, St Francois, and Perry counties, intersect in this territory, marking it as a borderland between agricultural basins and the timbered uplands.