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2000 Map of Ashland

Name: 2000 Topographic Map of Ashland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2003
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2003

About this map

The county seat of Ashland serves as the central hub of this northern Mississippi landscape, where the town’s development transitions into the protected woodlands of the Holly Springs National Forest. The map documents a community rich in rural institutions, from the Old Salem Sch and Gray Academy to numerous congregational centers like Macedonia Ch and South Ashland Ch. These labels provide a clear spatial record for genealogists tracing family roots in Benton County at the start of the millennium.

Water and industry define the western and southern reaches of the quadrangle. The Tippah River cuts across the southern edge near Clemmer Hill, while Snow Lake and McGaughy Lake anchor the western border. The presence of multiple Sandpit sites and a Claypit reflects the local extractive economy, showing how the terrain around Robinson Bottom and Carter Flats was utilized for material resources alongside established agricultural and forest lands.