2017 Map of Caraway

About this map

Caraway serves as a primary hub in this corner of the Arkansas Delta, where the geometry of the landscape is dictated by an extensive network of drainage infrastructure. Settled along the Craighead Co Mississippi Co line, the area features a series of engineered waterways such as Honey Cypress Ditch Number 4 and Buffalo Creek Ditch that transformed the low-lying terrain into productive agricultural land. These ditches flank slightly elevated landforms including Black Oak Ridge, Coopers Ridge, and Milligan Ridge, which likely provided the early dry ground necessary for the development of small communities like Black Oak and Mangrum. Small rural junctions and settlements such as Cottonwood Corner, Hancock, and Vail are scattered across the township grid, illustrating the high density of small-scale farming and local commerce that defined this region in the early 21st century. Genealogists will find the location of the Caraway Cem particularly useful for tracing local family histories.