1974 Map of Copeland

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The Old Indian Treaty Boundary slices diagonally across this landscape, marking a historic division that persists alongside the modern state line between Alabama and Mississippi. This mid-1970s survey centered on Copeland reveals a rural territory defined by the winding course of the Escatawpa River and its tributaries, including Little Red Creek and Crosbys Creek. Settlement patterns are anchored by numerous small congregations and family burial grounds, such as Zion Rest Ch and the Carter Cem. The presence of several sandpits and a Gas Well south of the main settlement indicates the local extraction economy of the era. Genealogists will find a dense network of local landmarks, from Lewis Chapel in the north to New Haven Ch in the south, reflecting the established community nodes of Washington County.