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2020 Map of Braxton

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Braxton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

The town of Braxton serves as a central point in this southern Mississippi landscape, where the boundary between Rankin Co and Simpson Co divides a region defined by its rural road network and numerous family burial grounds. For genealogists, the map is remarkably dense with history, preserving locations for Braxton Cem, Old-Taylor Hill Cem, and David Thomas Cem, among many others. The settlement of Piney Woods sits to the northwest, accompanied by Piney Woods Cem.

Waterways like Sanders Creek and Dabbs Creek drain the undulating terrain, which is crisscrossed by an extensive system of local routes such as Clara Foote Rd and St Johns Rd. The concentration of cemeteries throughout the quadrangle, including Cato Cem and Saint Johns Cem, suggests a long-established community structure that persists alongside modern thoroughfares and creek systems like Thompson Creek.