The Washington and Mobile County line bisects this region, where the low-lying wetlands of Poll Bayou and Little Poll Bayou meet the higher ground of Hurricane Ridge and Coon Hill Ridge. The settlement pattern is defined by several small communities and historic burial sites, including the Union Baptist Cemetery near Fairford and the Saint Thomas Cemetery in Happy Hill. The landscape transitions from the wooded bottomlands around Bowing Bridge to the uplands of Hub Neck, revealing a patchwork of local roads like Roberts Road and Sandy Ridge Road that connect these rural outposts. Genealogists will find a high concentration of family-named landmarks and cemeteries, such as the Rivers, Vaughn, and Byrd cemeteries, which trace the deep roots of the Reid Settlement and the town of Calvert near the southeastern corner.
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1943 · Choctaw Bluff
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · Tensaw
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · Citronelle
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · McIntosh
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · McIntosh
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · Tensaw
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1946 · Citronelle
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1946 · Choctaw Bluff
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Andalusia
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1953 · Hattiesburg
USGS Topo · 1:250,000