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1970 Map of Arlington

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Arlington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The Mississippi River defines the western edge of this landscape, carving a wide floodplain marked by backwaters like Forked Lake, Crooked Lake, and Indian Camp Lake. High atop the Mississippi Bluff, Columbus-Belmont State Park overlooks the water, preserving a site of significant strategic importance. The interior terrain shifts into the dissected uplands of Carlisle and Hickman Counties, where a dense network of family-named cemeteries such as Rogers Cem, Allred Cem, and Taylor Cem are tucked between the ridges and stream valleys.

Transportation corridors follow the natural topography, with the Gulf Mobile and Ohio and Illinois Central railroads connecting the riverfront at Columbus to inland settlements like Arlington and Berkley. The map records a rural infrastructure of small churches, including Webbs Chapel and Beulah Grove Ch, and numerous gravel pits that speak to the local geology and road-building efforts of the early 1970s.