1971 Map of Brunswick

About this map

Millington and the expansive U S Naval Air Station anchor the western landscape of this 1971 study, which highlights a region defined by agricultural heritage and strategic military installations. Beyond the air station and its associated U S Naval Hospital, the terrain transitions into a patchwork of rural homesteads and smaller settlements like Brunswick, Bolton, and Rosemark. These communities are connected by a network of local thoroughfares such as Covington Pike and Old Brownsville Road, tracing paths through the drainage basins of the Loosahatchie River Drainage Canal and Big Creek Drainage Canal. Local genealogy is well-represented through numerous country churches and cemeteries, including Bethlehem Ch and the U S Naval Hospital Cem. The presence of the Illinois Central Gulf and Seaboard System railroads underscores the importance of rail transport to the local economy during this era of development in Shelby County.