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1989 Map of Lena

Name: 1989 Topographic Map of Lena
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

The Bienville National Forest dominates the southern landscape of this 1989 edition, which documents the boundary between Leake and Scott counties. Settlement in this region is defined by small communities such as Lena and Tuscola, which developed alongside the Railroad and various timber or agriculture-based sidings. Evidence of the early 20th-century logging era is preserved in labels like Sproles Siding and an Old Grade, tracing former transport routes through the creek bottoms.

Local genealogy and social history are centered on numerous rural congregations and family burial grounds, including Bethlehem Ch, Sweetwater Ch, and the Robinson Cem. The hydrologic network of Tuscolameta Creek, Balucta Creek, and Shockaloo Creek shaped the placement of these crossroads and early homesteads, while more isolated markers like Island Hill and Landing Strip highlight the mix of traditional forestry and modern land use that characterized central Mississippi in the late 1980s.