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2000 Map of Homochitto

Name: 2000 Topographic Map of Homochitto
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2002
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2002

About this map

Homochitto River meanders across the northwest corner of this landscape, carving a wide valley through the dense woodlands of the Homochitto National Forest. The map documents a predominantly rural region where small settlements like Bunkley and Oxford are connected by a network of forest roads, including Bunkley Road and Gloster Road. In the south, the Homochitto Wildlife Management Area covers a significant portion of the terrain, characterized by numerous creek branches such as Brushy Prong and Caston Creek.

Genealogists will find considerable value in the documentation of several family and community landmarks, including Mount Vernon Ch and its associated Mount Vernon Cem. The presence of Mary Springs Ch and several scattered gravel pits near Oxford suggests a long-standing pattern of small-scale industry and community life established well before the USDA forest revisions of the late twentieth century. This sheet effectively preserves the location of rural sites like Stephenson and O'Neil before modern development altered the rural Mississippi character.