2024 Map of Bassfield

About this map

Family legacies and rural settlements define this landscape in the Pine Belt region, where the borders of Jefferson Davis, Marion, and Lamar counties converge. The town of Bassfield serves as the primary hub in the northwest, surrounded by a dense network of ancestral burial grounds including the Bassfield City Cem and Wheeler Cem. The map reveals a land divided by the headwaters of Black Creek and Gum Swamp Creek, where the terrain is marked by decades of local history preserved in names like the Stewart - Thompson Cem and Magee - Sullivan Cem. Small crossroads communities such as Morris, Melba, and Hickory Grove are connected by a web of local roads including Old Hwy 42E, reflecting the persistent settlement patterns of south-central Mississippi. Researchers can trace numerous family-named landmarks like the Jacob McPhail Cem and Williamson Cem that dot the wooded countryside.