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2024 Map of Bissell

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Bissell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Tupelo anchors the northeastern corner of this Lee County landscape, where urban streets like Cliff Gookin Blvd and W Main St give way to the sprawling rural reaches of western Mississippi. The Natchez Trace Parkway cuts a diagonal swath across the terrain, passing through the community of Palmetto and providing a modern corridor through a region defined by its watercourses. Streams such as Chiwapa Creek, Tubbalubba Creek, and Coonewah Creek drain the lowlands, shaping the agricultural patterns of the surrounding countryside.

Local history is preserved in a dense network of family and community burial grounds, including the Old Coffee Cem, Mallory Family Cem, and Pontocola Cem. These sites, along with landmarks like the Palmetto CME Church, offer significant points of interest for genealogists tracing ancestral roots in the settlements of Bissell and Furrs. The western edge of the map follows the Pontotoc and Lee County line, marking a transition between these historic Mississippi territories.