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1967 Map of Lambert

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Lambert
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The Illinois Central railroad corridor anchors this 1967 snapshot of Quitman County, serving as the backbone for the agricultural towns of Lambert and Marks. The landscape is a complex network of Yazoo Basin drainage, where Buck Bayou and Opossum Bayou meander through cultivated fields, punctuated by ancient landforms like the Indian Mound near Buford Lake. This era shows a community deeply rooted in its local institutions, evidenced by a high density of rural churches and cemeteries such as Woodland Chapel, New Mt Carmel Ch, and Sykes Cem.

To the south, the presence of the State Penal Farm Camp B and the County Industrial High Sch near the northern border reflect the organized social and educational infrastructure of the mid-20th century Delta. The map also captures the essential agricultural and transport utilities of the time, from the Water Tank in Marks to the numerous Siphon systems and the Denton settlement, providing a detailed record of land use before modern consolidated farming changed the rural settlement patterns.