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1966 Map of Evergreen

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Evergreen
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

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Tombigbee State Park anchors the northwest corner of this landscape, where the Campground and Park Headquarters sit near several active Sandpit sites. The terrain is defined by the winding paths of Boguefala Creek and Boguegaba Creek, which cross the border between Lee Co and Itawamba Co. Rural life in the mid-1960s is centered around a dense network of country churches and family burial grounds, including Andrews Chapel, Wesley Chapel Cem, and Pleasant Grove Ch.

Small communities like Richmond, Ballardsville, and Evergreen are connected by a web of light-duty roads that pass through timbered ridges and creek bottoms. The presence of the Dorsey Sch and numerous small cemeteries such as Payne Cem, Francis Cem, and Whiteside Cem provides a detailed look at the social geography of this Mississippi region before later development patterns emerged. Water features like Lake Wilhelmina and Cowpenna Branch further illustrate the drainage patterns that influenced local settlement.