2015 Map of Zalma

About this map

The Upper Castor River snakes through this Bollinger County landscape, anchoring the settlement of Zalma at a prominent bend in the river. This mid-2010s survey reveals a rural Missouri topography defined by narrow creek valleys and the ridges of Shoal Hill. The distribution of family-named cemeteries, such as Patterson Cemetery, Eakers Cemetery, and Speer Cemetery, suggests a long-standing pattern of localized kinship and community burial grounds across the townships. Smaller hamlets like Hahn and Sank remain connected by an intricate network of county roads, while water features like Barks Lake and Virgin Cr Lake dot the drainage basins of Perkins Cr and Clubb Cr. The map preserves the specific locations of rural landmarks like Wonder Lake-Field Visit 1979, providing a modern reference for historic land use in the southeastern Ozark foothills.