2020 Map of Cascilla

About this map

The Yalobusha River basin and the borderlands between Tallahatchie and Grenada Counties define this corner of the Mississippi Delta landscape. The settlement of Cascilla sits at the base of the eastern bluffs, where the terrain shifts abruptly from the flat, water-checkered alluvial plain into the higher, dissected hill country. This geographic transition is marked by a concentration of small rural cemeteries, including Stonefield Cem, Bethel Cem, and Oxberry Cem, which suggest long-standing family and community ties in the Oxberry area. The western half of the map is dominated by an intricate network of wetlands and oxbow remnants, such as White Lake, Elliot Lake, and Wolf Lake. These features, along with Maxey Bayou and Vaney Bayou, illustrate the complex drainage patterns of the Delta before reaching the river, highlighting a landscape historically shaped by seasonal flooding and agricultural drainage.