2024 Map of Kirby

About this map

Oldenburg and Kirby serve as the primary focal points of this rural landscape in southwestern Mississippi, where the headwaters of the Middle Fork Homochitto River and Morgan Fork carve through the terrain. The map documents a significant portion of the Homochitto National Forest in the southeast, contrasting the dense woodlands with the organized agricultural plots and timberlands to the north. A high density of family-named cemeteries, including Greendale Cem, Sixteen Cem, and Mormon Cem, suggests a deeply rooted local genealogy and a history of small, dispersed communities linked by a network of rural roads such as Oldenburg Rd and McNair Rd. The county line between Jefferson and Franklin counties runs east-to-west across the northern section, marking a political boundary in a landscape otherwise defined by drainage patterns like Guice Creek and Cameron Creek.