2017 Map of Bragg City

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Bragg City and its surrounding agricultural landscape dominate this survey of the Missouri Bootheel, where the heavy hand of 20th-century water management is on full display. The terrain is defined by a complex grid of engineered waterways, including Ditch Number 293, Ditch Number 85, and Ditch Number 1, which drain the low-lying basin into the channelized Little River. Small settlements such as Peach Orchard, Sumach, and Kirk are scattered along the section lines and highway junctions, illustrating the rural residential patterns of Pemiscot and Dunklin counties. Near the town center of Bragg City, Clay Root Bayou and Big Bayou remain as natural drainage features amidst the straight-line drainage canals. Genealogists will find the Sumach Cem located near the intersection of State Highway 153 and Highway HH, a localized landmark in a region where the Old Channel Little River still traces its original meandering path despite modern hydrological changes.