1962 Map of Crowder

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The Illinois Central Railroad corridor anchors this 1962 Mississippi Delta survey, running north-south through the village of Crowder and down toward Charleston. The landscape is a complex network of seasonal water and flood control, dominated by the Tallahatchie River and its numerous oxbow formations such as Horseshoe Lake, Oxbow Lake, and Yonkapin Lake. This era shows a rural society defined by its community landmarks, with dozens of small churches and cemeteries like Shady Grove Ch, Tocowa Ch, and St Johns Cem dotting the plantation lands and creek bottoms. The Choctaw Chickasaw Boundary Line cuts diagonally across the northeastern quadrant, marking an old tribal and land-survey division that persists in the county borders of Quitman, Tallahatchie, and Panola. Small educational sites, including the Wright School and Sherman Creek Sch, serve the scattered settlements of Mims, Rayburn, and Sherman.