2018 Map of Church Hill

About this map

Emerald Mound stands as a prominent landmark in the southwestern corner of this Jefferson County landscape, highlighting the deep indigenous history of the region. The modern infrastructure of the Natchez Trace Parkway and the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail cuts a vertical path through the center of the sheet, following the historic travel corridor north of Cannonsburg. This area is characterized by a high concentration of family and community burial grounds, such as Bethlehem Cem, White Cem, and Bell Grove Cem, which serve as vital markers for genealogical research in the rural settlements of Church Hill and Stampley. The drainage network is complex, with South Fork Coles Creek and numerous bayous like Monkey Bayou and Lum Bayou dissecting the terrain. This map captures a landscape where ancestral resting places and ancient earthworks coexist with 21st-century scenic thoroughfares.