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1963 Map of Brewer

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Brewer
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

The Perry and Greene County border divides this landscape of dense creek networks and small rural congregations during the early 1960s. The northern reaches are anchored by Brewer and the settlement of Sand Hill, where local life centered around Sand Hill Cemetery and the nearby Zion Rest Ch. The terrain is defined by a intricate system of watercourses including Piney Woods Creek, Beetree Creek, and Boykin Creek, which drain the timberlands of southeast Mississippi.

Evidence of local industry and social structure appears in the scattered Oil Well and Gravel Pit sites, alongside remote spiritual centers like Nazareth Ch Cem and Avera Ch. The mapping of these small cemeteries and church sites, including the Frisco Cem, offers vital clues for genealogists and researchers tracking the settlement patterns of this Pine Belt region before later 20th-century developments altered the rural road and field lines.