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1986 Map of Lorman

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

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Lorman stands at the center of this 1986 survey of Jefferson and Claiborne counties, a landscape defined by the winding course of the Natchez Trace Parkway and the deep incisions of the North Fork Coles Creek. The settlement pattern reflects the area's agricultural and transportation history, with small communities like Shankstown and Coon Box linked by old road networks and the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.

Economic activity is visible through a scattered Gas Field and a Gravel Pit near the northern boundary, while local genealogy is rooted in numerous small Cem sites found near crossroads. From the northern edges of Russum and Dowd to the southern reach of Stonington near Bolls Creek, the map records a rural Mississippi corridor before the turn of the millennium, documenting the persistence of family-named landmarks and historical property lines.