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2015 Map of Blue Mountain

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Blue Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Blue Mountain and the Blue Mtn Coll campus serve as the focal point of this northern Mississippi landscape, situated at the edge of the Holly Springs National Forest. The town's layout is shaped by the BNSF Railway, which cuts a path past Lowrey and Ripley Airport. To the west and north, a network of family-named settlements like Gravestown, Beulah Hill, and Minter Hill suggests the area's deep agricultural and community roots.

The terrain is defined by a dense system of waterways, including the Tippah River and its numerous tributaries such as Sorghum Cr and N Tippah Cr. Local history is preserved in the many scattered burial grounds, from the Blue Mountain Cem near the town center to the outlying Sand Spring Cem and White Cem. These landmarks, along with features like Godwin Lake and Renick Lake, illustrate a rural economy centered on the creek valleys and hills of the Benton and Tippah county line.