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2012 Map of Benwood

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Benwood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

The Skuna River lowlands dominate the southern landscape of this 2012 survey, where the river's wide, marshy floodplain creates a distinct natural boundary between the uplands of Yalobusha County. Small rural settlements like Spearman, Hyde, Tyson, and Benwood are scattered along the east-west corridor, reflecting a traditional Mississippi agricultural pattern where homes and communities clustered near reliable water sources such as Spearman Cr and York Cr.

For genealogists and family historians, the map is remarkably dense with burial sites that trace the area's ancestral geography. Notable locations include Haven Hill Cem, Arimount Cem, and the Dividing Ridge Cem further south. The settlement of New Hope is identified near its namesake New Hope Cem, while other isolated landmarks like Hamblet Cem and Jones Cem offer clues to early landownership and the proximity of former homesteads to the river's edge.