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1905 Map of Jackson

Name: 1905 Topographic Map of Jackson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Jackson serves as the focal point of this Mississippi landscape, showing the state capital just after the turn of the twentieth century. The city's early urban footprint is tightly clustered near the Pearl River, which winds south between the Hinds and Rankin county lines. Beyond the city center, the map reveals institutional and educational landmarks that defined the era, including the expansive Insane Asylum and Tougaloo University to the north.

Transport patterns are dictated by the Illinois Central Railroad and the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, connecting outlying settlements like Madison Station and Ridgeland. The rural landscape is dotted with family-named mills such as Mcgoffins Mill and Beadmans Mill, alongside numerous country churches and schools like the Gaughf School. An interesting note of local transition is the Johnson Ferry (Abandoned) on the Pearl River, marking where old river crossings were already giving way to new infrastructure.