2018 Map of Avalon

About this map

Avalon sits at the intersection of bottomland hydrology and the rising hills of the Mississippi interior. This 2018 survey documents a landscape defined by the winding course of the Yalobusha River and the complex network of oxbows and sloughs that fragment the terrain, including Musselwhite Lake, Flat Lake, and Wolf Lake. The settlement pattern follows the higher ground east of the river valley, where the small communities of Parsons and Leflore are connected by a mesh of secondary roads like Old Hwy 7 and Twin Church Rd. Genealogists will find several notable burial sites recorded, including Shiloh Cem and Saint James Cem, while water bodies like Potacocowa Creek and the Avalon Cut-Off illustrate the ongoing engineering and natural drainage shifts in the region south of the Grenada and Carroll county line.