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1948 Map of Byhalia

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Byhalia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

The ST Louis San Francisco railroad corridor dictates the economic axis of north-central Mississippi in this post-war era, connecting the significant settlements of Byhalia and Victoria. This landscape is exceptionally dense with rural community institutions, evidenced by the frequent occurrence of combined school and church sites like Eason Ch & Sch and New Hope Ch & Sch. These clusters reflect a traditional Southern settlement pattern where social life centered on small, decentralized nodes of faith and education often named for local families.

Waterways like the Coldwater River and Pigeon Roost Creek segment the terrain, while the northern border reveals the political intersection of Shelby County and Fayette County at the Tennessee state line. For genealogists, the map is a vital resource, plotting numerous small family or community burial grounds including McGehee Cem, Britteman Cem, and the Wesley Chapel Cem, many of which were associated with the numerous neighborhood schools such as Adolphus Sch and Humphrey Sch that once dotted the Marshall County countryside.