1967 Map of Detroit

About this map

Detroit anchors this landscape where Alabama meets Mississippi, situated just east of the state line and the Old Indian Treaty Boundary. The area is defined by a dense network of waterways including Sipsey Creek, Splunge Creek, and Bluegut Creek, which historically dictated the placement of small rural communities and family cemeteries. Several houses of worship, such as Liberty Grove Ch and Allman Chapel, are scattered among the ridges, while the Byrd Sch and numerous gravel pits suggest a community rooted in local education and resource extraction. The map preserves the exact locations of many family-named burial grounds like Riggins Cem and Thompson Cem, providing essential data for those tracing ancestral footprints in Lamar and Marion counties during the late 1960s.