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2020 Map of Howell

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Howell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

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Latonia and Moffet anchor the upper reaches of this landscape where the Mississippi Alabama state line bisects the rural timber and wetlands of the Gulf Coastal Plain. The Escatawpa River and its major tributaries, including Rocky Creek and Red Creek, dictate the movement of roads and the placement of small agricultural communities. Significant lowlands such as Dean Bay and Juniper Bay dominate the central terrain, creating a complex hydrology of swamps and seasonal marshes.

Local history is preserved in a high concentration of family and community burial grounds, such as the Eli Moffet Cem and Moffetville Cem, which suggest long-standing generational ties to the land. The presence of the Howell Missionary Baptist Church Cem near the Howell crossroads reflects the region's spiritual and social center. Transportation relies on a network of established routes like Howell Tanner Chapel Rd and the Howell Bridge, linking isolated farmsteads across the varied terrain of George Co, Mississippi and Mobile Co, Alabama.