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1964 Map of Carterville

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Carterville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The Leaf River winds through the southwestern corner of this Forrest County landscape, creating a complex system of oxbows and backwaters like Aldrich Lake, Owens Bluff Lake, and Wedgeworth Lake. This river corridor is shadowed by the Bonhomie and Hattiesburg Southern Railroad, which skirts the Hattiesburg Municipal Airport as it runs southeast toward the local timber and clay industries. Small rural communities like Carterville, Sunrise, and Pine Grove serve as anchors for the surrounding countryside, connected by a network of dirt roads and section lines.

Genealogists will find a wealth of local landmarks, from the Sunrise Sch to several country churches and cemeteries, including Greens Creek Ch, Hillcrest Cem, and Pine Grove Cem. The presence of numerous Gravel Pits and the Claypit near the Perry County line point to the extractive economies that shaped the terrain alongside the sprawling agricultural and timber plots that dominate the eastern half of the map.