Map of Missouri as it appeared in 1827, just six years after…

Map
of Missouri as it appeared in 1827, just six years after statehood
(1821). Settlements are confined to the Missouri and Mississippi River
Valleys. Visible is the Boone’s Lick Road, from St. Charles to Franklin,
and the dense civilization of the Boonslick Country including Columbia
and Boonville. At the drawing of this map the Platte Purchase of
northwestern Missouri had not yet occurred and many counties had yet to
be formed.

Source: From the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia. Cropped from larger image at https://digital.shsmo.org/digital/collection/Maps/id/81/rec/17 Lithograph drawn by Carey, Henry Charles and published by H.C. Carey & I. Lea.