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1971 Map of Cottonwood Point

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Cottonwood Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Mississippi River dominates this 1971 landscape, acting as a shifting border between Pemiscot County, Missouri, and Dyer County, Tennessee. Near the Missouri bank, the settlement of Cottonwood Point stands behind a significant Levee system designed to manage the floodwaters of the Mississippi and the nearby Little Prairie Bayou. The river channel here is complex, featuring several large landmasses such as Island No 18 and the Towhead of Everett, which enclose Everett Lake.

Genealogists will find numerous local landmarks, including Pleasant Grove Ch and Hickman Cem. The map captures the agricultural and industrial infrastructure of the early 1970s, noting several Grain Bins and a Conveyor located near Heloise. To the southeast, the Obion River flows into the floodplain, while further north, the community of McCarty sits among the flat fields of the Missouri Bootheel.