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1940 Map of Baird

Name: 1940 Topographic Map of Baird
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

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Sunflower County's complex drainage network defines this 1940 landscape, where the meandering Sunflower River and its numerous bayous are managed by an extensive system of man-made channels such as Ditch No 25 and Ditch No 12. The region's agricultural and transit roots are evident in the concentration of small rail-stop communities like Johnsonville and Baird, supported by the Columbus and Greenville and Illinois Central railroads.

Evidence of much older human activity is recorded in the several Indian Mound sites found near the water. Social hubs for the farming population are dispersed throughout the delta, including St James Ch, the Price School, and South Side Cem near Inverness. Further south, the map reveals specific logging or river landmarks like Hickory Bluff Log and Heard Ferry, which provided essential crossings before the modernization of the road network.