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2018 Map of Cruger

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Cruger
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Cruger serves as a central hub on this Holmes County landscape, where the flat alluvial plains of the Mississippi Delta meet the rising bluff line to the east. The terrain is defined by a dense network of slow-moving water and wetlands, including the sweeping curve of Tehula Lake and the marshy expanses of Morgan Brake and Pinchback Lake. This 2018 survey reveals a settlement pattern tied closely to both the drainage of the land and the historic transport routes that skirt the edges of the floodplain.

Inland from the river, small communities like Keirn, Meeks, and Oklahoma are connected by a grid of rural roads such as High Cotton Rd and Baldwin Plantation Rd. To the east, the elevation shifts significantly at Pine Bluff, where the topography transitions into the hills. Genealogists may find particular value in the locations of the Pinchback Cem and Valley View Cem, which remain as markers of the area's local history.