1973 Map of Guntown

About this map

Guntown and the surrounding Lee County countryside are documented here just as the modern Natchez Trace Parkway was being established through the eastern landscape. The area is defined by a dense network of country churches and family burial grounds, including Euclatubba Ch, St Thomas Aquinas Ch, and the Campbelltown Cem. This mid-1970s landscape shows the transition from traditional rail-dependent settlements like Baldwyn and Saltillo along the Illinois Central Gulf tracks to a more recreation-focused era, highlighted by Lake Lamar Bruce and the Five County Sportsman Lake. The terrain of Pea Ridge overlooks various creeks such as Euclatubba Creek and Mud Creek, while local industry is represented by scattered sandpits and rural feedlots.