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1971 Map of Laws Hill

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Laws Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Tallahatchie River and the expansive waters of Sardis Lake dominate the southern half of this north-central Mississippi landscape, where the borders of Marshall and Lafayette counties meet. In the early 1970s, the community of Abbeville serves as a local hub near the southern margin, connected by the Illinois Central railroad. Further north, Laws Hill sits atop the higher ground between the river basin and the various creek systems like Newsom Creek and Turner Creek that drain south into the reservoir.

Local history is preserved in a network of rural churches and family cemeteries scattered through the hills, including Mt Moriah Ch, New Hope Ch, and Peel Cem. The map reveals the recreational footprint of the era at the Boat Landing Wyatt Crossing Public Use Area and Redmans Bluff Public Use Area, highlighting how the inundation of the Tallahatchie valley reshaped the geography of these historic crossings.