2024 Map of Gunnison

About this map

Gunnison and Perthshire serve as the primary nodes of settlement along the eastern side of the Mississippi River oxbows in this contemporary survey of Bolivar County. The landscape is defined by the alluvial plains of the Delta, where the meandering paths of Bogue Phalia and its tributary Upper Bogue cut through a dense network of agricultural roads and drainage channels. The shifting nature of the river is evident in the presence of large landforms like Concordia Island and Island Number Seventy, which remain separated from the main channel by Old River Lake and Upper Old River Lake. Local heritage is preserved through numerous family and community burial grounds, including Scott Cem, Pickett Cem, and Person Cem. Tracing the grid of Railroad Ave in Gunnison or the scattered homesites near Waxhaw reveals a deep-rooted pattern of rural life shaped by the fertile but flood-prone soil of the river basin.