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1938 Map of Edwards

Name: 1938 Topographic Map of Edwards
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1938
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1938

About this map

The winding course of the Big Black River forms the central boundary of this landscape, separating the irregular hills of Warren Co from Hinds Co. The town of Edwards serves as a primary hub, situated where the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad tracks cut across the terrain. This era of settlement is defined by an unusually dense concentration of community institutions, from the prominent Mt Beulah College to a network of rural schools and uniquely named churches like Little Kingdom Come Ch, China Grove Ch, and Radiff Chapel.

The river's floodplains are dotted with small oxbows and named water bodies such as Gin Lake, Blue Lake, and Tomcat Island, reflecting the shifting nature of the river before modern engineering. Local infrastructure like the Askew Bridge and the Transmission Line indicate the technological layer of the late 1930s laid over an agrarian foundation. For genealogists, the numerous family-named schools like Goode Sch and Robinson Sch offer specific points of connection to the rural families of the Hinds and Warren county borderlands.