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1903 Map of Jackson

Name: 1903 Topographic Map of Jackson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1903
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1903

About this map

Jackson serves as the central hub of this early 20th-century landscape, where a dense network of iron rails converges. The Illinois Central RR and the Alabama and Vicksburg RR anchor the capital city, connecting it to outlying settlements like Clinton and Madison Station. The surrounding terrain is defined by the winding course of the Pearl River and its numerous tributaries, including Pelahatchee Creek and Richland Creek.

Evidence of early regional development is visible in the placement of the Asylum just north of the city center and the scattered rural post offices and communities such as Pocahontas, Brownsville, and Raymond. This survey, produced by the State of Mississippi in cooperation with federal geographers, captures the transition from a purely agrarian economy to a transportation-centered one, as the Gulf and Ship Island RR pushes southward toward the coast.