1940 Map of Greenwood

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The Yazoo River forms here at the confluence of the Tallahatchie River and the Yalobusha River, anchoring a landscape defined by complex river hydrology and flood control efforts of the early 1940s. The city of Greenwood serves as a major hub for the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley and Columbus and Greenville railroads. This era's social geography is visible through numerous rural institutions, including the Rosenwald Sch, Little Zion Ch, and Shiloh Ch, alongside family-named landmarks like Malmaison. The intricate network of oxbow lakes and bayous, such as McIntyre Lake and Hells Halfacre Bayou, reveals the natural evolution of the Delta's waterways before widespread modernization. These features, along with settlements like Money and Avalon, document the deep-rooted agricultural and transit patterns of the Mississippi Delta.