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1956 Map of Gulfport NW

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Gulfport NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Wolf River and its winding tributaries dominate this Harrison County landscape, illustrating the transition from rural timberlands and small farms toward the coastal expansion of Gulfport. Significant land tracts like the Alexander Dimitry Claim and the U S Naval Reservation define the southern portion of the map, while inland life is marked by small community centers like New Hope and Jones Mill.

Social and civic infrastructure appears in the form of the County Farm, Monroe Memorial Park, and several country churches including Our Lady of Mercy Ch and Gulf Haven Ch. Civil engineering is represented by the drainage network of Canal No 1 and Canal No 2, alongside several named waterways such as Turkey Creek, Bayou Bernard, and Big Creek. A 1970 photorevised update, marked in purple, highlights the early stages of a major highway construction project cutting east-to-west across the central terrain.