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2021 Map of Holly Bluff

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Holly Bluff
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Holly Bluff and the surrounding alluvial lowlands of Yazoo and Sharkey Counties dominate this 2021 landscape, where the Big Sunflower River winds through a complex system of levees and bayous. The map captures a high degree of genealogical detail with several family-named burial sites including Shannon Cem, Jeffery Cem, and Kettleman Cem near the site of Spanish Fort. This area's transition from agricultural production to conservation is evident in the presence of the Delta National Forest and Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

Infrastructure like the Will M. Whittington Auxiliary Channel and the Whittington East Levee Rd highlights the intensive water management required in this floodplain. Smaller, established settlements like Campbellville, Patmos, and George are connected by a network of rural roads such as Holly Bluff Gin Rd and Spanish Fort Rd, tracing the historical footprint of Mississippi Delta life in the twenty-first century.