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1954 Map of Woodson

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Woodson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Arkansas River meanders through this landscape south of Little Rock, defining a region where the floodplains meet the rising timbered hills. The Missouri Pacific railroad corridor serves as the primary spine for settlement, connecting the communities of Woodson, Wrightsville, and Hensley. This 1950s era survey captures a rural social fabric organized around small local institutions, including the Virginia Church, Do Right Church, and Cypress Church.

Along the bottomlands, complex hydrological features like Kuykendall Brake, Pennington Bayou, and Fourche Bayou reveal an environment managed through a network of levees and sluice gates. The presence of the Arkansas Boys State Industrial School and the Wrightsville Public Use Area indicates the evolving land use near the river. For genealogists, the map is particularly detailed, identifying family-named landmarks such as the Kuykendall Cemetery, Brown Cemetery, and Dickey Cemetery, alongside the larger Campbell Cemeteries near the southern boundary.