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1958 Map of Hattiesburg

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Hattiesburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Hattiesburg and Laurel emerge as the primary industrial and rail hubs of southeastern Mississippi during this mid-century survey. The landscape is dominated by the sprawling timberlands of the De Soto National Forest, including the Camp Shelby Military Reservation south of the city. A complex network of steel connects these timber and trade centers, including the Illinois Central Railroad, the Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and the locally significant Bonhomie and Hattiesburg Southern Railroad.

Away from the urban centers, small communities like Richton, Waynesboro, and Beaumont dot the drainages of the Leaf River and Chickasawhay River. The terrain is characterized by river bottomlands and rises such as High Rocky Hill and Monger Hill, reflecting the piney woods topography that shaped the region's early logging and naval stores economy before the expansion of modern highways like U.S. Highway 49.