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1975 Map of Bailey Lake

Name: 1975 Topographic Map of Bailey Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The rolling borderlands of Carroll and Montgomery counties are captured in this mid-1970s survey, showing a landscape defined by small rural congregations and numerous small water bodies. The northeastern corner contains the western edge of Winona, where major highway intersections meet before branching into the surrounding timber and pasture land. This area is notably dense with community focal points, including Ebenezer Ch, Nebo Ch, and New Salem Ch, often paired with family or community burial grounds like Nebo Cem and Marvin Cem.

Water features such as Bailey Lake and Barrentine Lake are central to the terrain, joined by the winding courses of Little Sand Cr and Gum Branch. The inclusion of fine red dashed lines for fence and field lines provides a high-resolution view of land use and property divisions during this era. From St Johns Chapel in the south to Friendship Ch in the north, the map documents a traditional Mississippi social geography centered on the country church and the family farm.