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2020 Map of Columbus South

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

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Columbus serves as the focal point of this Lowndes County survey, situated at the confluence where the Tombigbee River meets Luxapallila Creek. The city's institutional history is anchored by the Mississippi University for Women and the Lowndes County Courthouse, surrounded by several significant burial grounds including the Friendship Cem and Sandfield Cem. The landscape to the south and west transitions into a complex of riverine features such as Bartons Bluff, West Port Bar, and the Columbus Cutoff, illustrating the dynamic nature of the waterway's path.

Transportation networks are well-defined, showing the Kansas City Southern rail line and the Columbus-Lowndes County Airport east of the city. For genealogists and local historians, the map identifies several rural landmarks including Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church Cem and Brick Missionary Baptist Church Cem, providing a detailed look at the community's distribution across the bottomlands and bluffs.