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2020 Map of Colony Town

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Colony Town
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

The Quiver River and Muddy Bayou define the northern reaches of this Sunflower and Leflore County landscape, where the flat alluvial plains of the Mississippi Delta support a network of small agricultural settlements. Modern transit corridors like U.S. Highway 82 and a railroad line bypass older community centers such as Moorhead, Mattoon, and Purnell. The map reveals a high concentration of oxbow lakes and wetlands, including Ellison Lake, Jug Lake, and Onemile Lake, which persist alongside intensive field drainage systems like Cordy Brake.

Genealogists and local historians can locate several rural landmarks including Robinson Cem and Mount Home Cem near the southeast corner. The transition from the more developed area around Colony Town to the outlying Old Dominion shows the characteristic Delta pattern of dispersed settlements and named crossroads. The township and range lines, such as t19n r3w, clearly show the systematic division of this fertile land into the geometric grid that governs the region's geography.