1974 Map of Copeland

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The Old Indian Treaty Boundary slices diagonally across this landscape, marking a historical frontier through the pine-wooded borderlands of Alabama and Mississippi. At this time in the 1970s, the region is characterized by a network of small, rural communities and scattered houses of worship, such as Lewis Chapel and Antioch Ch. The drainage patterns are defined by the Escatawpa River and its numerous tributaries, including Little Red Creek and Big Red Creek, which feed into the swampy bottomlands. Settlement is concentrated around small hubs like Copeland and Belmont, with local industry represented by several Sandpit operations and a Gas Well. Genealogists will find notable value in the specific placement of family-named burial sites like Chason Cem and Carter Cem, providing a clear look at the area's rural social geography before later 20th-century developments.