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1972 Map of Brookhaven

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Brookhaven
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The city of Brookhaven serves as the central hub of this 1970s survey, showing a landscape defined by the Illinois Central Gulf railroad and an extensive network of educational institutions including Whitworth College, Alexander High Sch, and Lipsey Jr High Sch. The town's layout is intricately detailed, from the residential blocks surrounding the Exchange Cem to the industrial presence of multiple Gravel Pits and various Oil Wells scattered to the south.

Outside the urban center, the terrain is shaped by the Bogue Chitto and East Bogue Chitto rivers, while the legacy of land division is marked by the Old Ind Treaty Bdy in the northwest. Local history is preserved through numerous rural landmarks like Union Hall Cem, Friendship Ch, and Damascus Ch. This record captures a specific era of development just as a 4 Lane highway began to bypass the traditional center, reflecting the changing transportation priorities of southern Mississippi.