1954 Map of Grenada

About this map

The Yalobusha River valley underwent a profound transformation in the mid-1950s following the completion of the Grenada Dam. This survey documents the landscape as Grenada Lake began to fill, with high-water markings at Ceder Point and the Grenada Ldg. area. South of the city of Grenada, small railroad settlements like Dubard and Holcomb appear along the Illinois Central tracks, while the rural uplands are dotted with integrated community centers such as Oakland Hill Sch & Ch and Jehovah Ch Sch & Cem. The presence of numerous combined school and church sites, including Jackson Sch & Chapel and Tallabusha Sch & Ch, illustrates the era's pattern of localized social life organized around rural congregations and schoolhouses. North of the river, Hardy Station and Tillatoba serve as primary points of orientation in a landscape characterized by family-named terrain like Simmons Creek and Barksdale Cem.