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1967 Map of Beatrice

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Beatrice
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The Buttahatchee River winds through this Lamar County landscape, defining the topography south of Beaverton and east of Sulligent. During the late 1960s, this area maintained a deeply rural character, anchored by small settlements and numerous family-named burial grounds and churches. The St Louis - San Francisco railroad provides the primary industrial spine, running through Crews and connecting the local economy to larger regional hubs.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant detail in the distribution of community landmarks, from Mt Hebron Cem Ch to the Prospect Ch Cem near the southern border. The prevalence of Gravel Pits along the river and its tributaries, such as Mill Creek and Beaver Creek, suggests an active local extraction industry. These features, alongside crossings like Hays Ford and Hawkins Ford, reveal a landscape shaped by both its waterways and the early road networks that connected these isolated homesteads and parishes.