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1984 Map of Brookhaven

Name: 1984 Topographic Map of Brookhaven
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

The Homochitto National Forest and the Pearl River valley anchor this mid-1980s look at south-central Mississippi. The Illinois Central Gulf railroad serves as a central artery, connecting key trade and transport hubs like Brookhaven, Hazlehurst, and Wesson. This corridor represents the region's historic dependence on rail for timber and agricultural distribution, visible in the proximity of the State Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station and rural settlements such as Union Church.

To the west, the headwaters of the Homochitto River and Bayou Pierre carve through the landscape, while the east is defined by the winding course of the Pearl River near Monticello. Local educational and recreational landmarks, including the Copiah-Lincoln Jr College and Lake Mary Crawford State Fishing Lake, provide specific points of interest for genealogists and local historians tracing the development of Lincoln and Copiah counties.