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1951 Map of Guys

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Guys
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

McNairy County's agricultural and rural school landscape is documented here in the early 1950s, centered on the Guys settlement. This area is characterized by a dense network of country schools, including the Rosenwald Sch, reflecting the era's segregated educational infrastructure, alongside Adams Chapel Sch and St Rest Sch. These institutions, paired with numerous small churches like Wades Chapel and Olive Hill Ch, formed the social anchors of the hilly terrain between Oxford and Gravel Hill.

Transportation is defined by the convergence of the Gulf Mobile and Ohio and the Southern railroads, which parallel the lowlands of Muddy Creek and Cypress Creek. The terrain is deeply dissected by drainage systems such as Wolf Creek and Roland Creek, which influenced the placement of early crossroads like Ramer and Eastview. For genealogists, the map preserves the exact locations of family-named landmarks including Damron Cem and Houston Cem.