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1953 Map of Hattiesburg

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Hattiesburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Hattiesburg hub anchors this mid-century look at the Pine Belt region, where the Leaf River and Bowie River converge. At this time, the landscape is defined by the heavy timber of the De Soto National Forest and the industrial activity of Laurel. The map illustrates a dense transportation network of established railroads like the Illinois Central and Gulf Mobile & Ohio, which served timber and agricultural interests across the Mississippi-Alabama border.

Further east, the Chickasawhay River and Tombigbee River frame the Alabama line, passing near the Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge. Settlement patterns follow the river valleys and rail lines, through towns such as Ellisville, Waynesboro, and Columbia. This survey, revised in 1970 from earlier photogrammetric data, captures the region's character after the establishment of the modern U.S. highway system, including U.S. 49 and U.S. 11.