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1982 Map of Belzoni

Name: 1982 Topographic Map of Belzoni
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The Yazoo River defines the geography of this Mississippi Delta landscape, winding south past the city of Belzoni. This early 1980s record captures a highly managed floodplain, where numerous floodgates and levees protect established settlements like Brooklyn and Deovolente from the shifting waters of the river and its many oxbow lakes, including Wasp Lake and Ole Lake. The map reveals a dense network of local landmarks essential for genealogical research, such as Watson Chapel, Mt Everest Ch, and several family-named burial grounds like Carson Cem and Fullilove Cem.

A notable historical marker is the Treaty Boundary that crosses the northeastern portion of the sheet, reflecting older land divisions in Humphreys and Leflore counties. Outside the urban center, the landscape is shaped by the agricultural economy, evidenced by several private airstrips like the Edwards Landing Strip and Daniels Landing Strip, alongside significant brakes and marshes such as Toney Brake and Mathena Brake.