Limerick lies at the heart of this Yazoo County landscape, where the agricultural rhythms of the Mississippi Delta meet a complex network of bayous and drainage channels. The Yazoo River defines the southern boundary, its meandering course shadowed by the Oak Valley Cem. To the north, the terrain is shaped by water management efforts like the Will M Whittington Auxiliary Channel and the Whittington East Levee Rd, infrastructure critical to protecting the low-lying plains from seasonal flooding. Significant family and community history is preserved in small burial grounds such as the Mayday Cem, John Roberson Cem, and Banks Cem near Tokeba Bayou. A web of service roads and industrial features, including the Southern Natural Gas Pipeline and Powerline Road, crisscross the wetlands, reflecting the modern utility footprint upon an area historically dominated by water bodies like Five Mile Lake and Deep Bayou.
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1940 · Mechanicsburg
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1955 · Jackson
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1961 · Jackson
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1961 · Bayland
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1961 · Valley
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1962 · Jackson
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1962 · Flora
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1963 · Mechanicsburg
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1984 · Yazoo City
USGS Topo · 1:100,000
1988 · Lucre
USGS Topo · 1:24,000