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2020 Map of Dancy

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Dancy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway defines the eastern edge of this landscape, where the Tombigbee River snakes through a complex network of bars and shoals like Clantons Bar and Colemans Shoals. This borderland between Mississippi and Alabama is dotted with small rural centers, including Dancy and Cochrane, connected by a web of local routes such as Nanny Clark Rd and Wood Bridge Rd. The terrain is deeply carved by numerous drainages, most notably the Bogue Chitto and Duck Pond Branch, which feed into the primary river system.

Local history is preserved in the placement of several rural burial grounds and meeting places, such as Cluster Cem, Adams Cem, and Hebron Church. Further west, the settlement of Dinsmore sits among the headwaters of the Bogue Chitto creek system. The map documents the persistent agricultural and forestry character of the region, where numerous small lakes like Johnstons Lake and Baldwins Lake sit tucked away in the river bottoms.