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1971 Map of Ararat

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Ararat
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

The Old Indian Treaty Boundary slices diagonally across this rural landscape, marking a historical division that still shaped the land use and survey patterns in the early 1970s. This portion of Choctaw County is characterized by a dense network of ridges, including Wilson Ridge and Chatman Ridge, which dictate the placement of small upland settlements like Ararat and Pleasant Hill. The terrain drops sharply toward the eastern edge of the sheet, where the Tombigbee River forms the border with Clarke County.

Along the river, locations like Scruggs Landing and Turkey Point recall the historical importance of the waterway for commerce and transport. Inland, the map provides a look at rural community life through its distribution of religious and burial sites, from Slaters Chapel and Corinth Ch to the Spring Hill Ch Cem. Numerous waterways such as Middle Tallawampa Creek and Copper Salt Creek carve through the timbered hills, highlighting a landscape defined by its complex drainage and isolated homesteads.