1972 Map of Highpoint

About this map

The boundary between Choctaw Co and Winston Co runs through a landscape defined by small rural congregations and the winding path of the Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroad. In the early 1970s, the community of Highpoint sat at a junction near the edge of the Tombigbee National Forest, where the terrain begins to rise toward the ridge. The map reveals a dense network of local spiritual and burial sites, from Big Jerusalem Ch and Sister Jerusalem Ch in the north to Owens Chapel Cem and Ebenezer Ch further south.