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2015 Map of Charleston

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Charleston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Charleston serves as the focal point of this Mississippi County survey, showing the grid of the city just south of the Mississippi River. The landscape reveals a complex network of drainage and water management essential to the region's agricultural history, including the Wolf Hole Lateral, Stevenson Bayou, and Fish Lake Ditch. To the north, the river's path is defined by sharp meanders at Dog Tooth Bend and notable features like Sliding Towhead and Browns Bar.

For genealogists and local historians, several burial sites are clearly marked, including the Lee Cemetery, Texas Bend Cemetery, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery. Small communities such as Texas Bend, Hough, Catalpa, and Coulter are documented along the rural routes radiating from the city center. This area is characterized by the transition from the river bottomlands to the organized township sections of t27n r16e and t26n r16e.