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1963 Map of Jackson

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Jackson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The State Capitol stands at the heart of Mississippi’s capital city during a period of rapid mid-century expansion. This 1963 survey, updated with 1971 aerial photogrammetry, documents the urban footprint of Jackson and the neighboring settlements of Flowood and Pearl across the Pearl River. The landscape is a dense network of institutional and educational landmarks, including Jackson State College, the Schools for the Deaf and Blind, and several historic burying grounds like Greenwood Cemetery and Cedar Lawn Cemetery.

Logistics and transport define the city's growth, from the industrial corridors of the Illinois Central Railroad and Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad to the sprawling grounds of Hawkins Field. Recreational and medical hubs such as Livingston Park, Memorial Stadium, and the VA Hospital appear alongside newer residential developments. The mapping also captures the natural hydraulics of the river basin, tracing Town Creek and the meandering Creosote Slough through the eastern floodplains.