2024 Map of Clear Springs

About this map

Bienville National Forest dominates this section of the Mississippi piney woods, where several small communities and family burial grounds are preserved in a landscape defined by its creek systems. The settlement at Clear Springs serves as a local anchor, centered around the Clear Springs Baptist Church Cem. The map reveals a complex network of forest and county roads, such as Shopping Center Rd 517 and Louin Pineville Rd, that connect isolated homesteads and timberlands across the borders of Smith, Jasper, Scott, and Newton counties. Numerous watercourses, including West Tallahala Creek and Little Ichusa Creek, carve through the terrain, while Marathon Lake provides a localized water feature within the protected forest. For genealogists, the proximity of the Mount Calvary Baptist Church Cem and the Burnett Cem offers clear landmarks for tracing family histories in this rural interior.