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2024 Map of Gholson

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Gholson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Gholson and the settlement of Fairhill anchor this rural landscape along the border of Noxubee and Kemper counties. The terrain is defined by a series of distinct heights, including Gholson Mountain, White House Mountain, and Poorhouse Mountain, which stands near the historic Poorhouse Spring and its namesake Poorhouse Cemetery. This distribution of family and community burial sites, such as Van Devender Cemetery and Cotton Cemetery, provides valuable markers for genealogical research across the hilly woodlands.

Waterways like Running Water Creek and Nails Creek drain the area, while a network of named country roads, such as Kellis Store-Gholson Road and Weaver Sciples Mill Road, trace the movement patterns of this Mississippi timber and farming region. The map captures the quiet transition of land use at the county line, where small ridges like Potters Ridge and Hit Mountain rise above the stream beds of Wahalak Creek and Goolsby Creek.