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1983 Map of Manila North

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Manila North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Manila and Leachville anchor this Mississippi County landscape during the early 1980s, an area defined by a highly engineered water management system. The map reveals an intricate network of drainage infrastructure, including Honey Cypress Ditch No 2, Ditch No 10, and Ditch No 16, which transformed the lowlands for agricultural use. East of these canals, the Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge preserves a significant portion of the natural wetlands along the Little River, providing a stark contrast to the surrounding gridded fields.

Local history is preserved in the location of rural gathering places like Union Band Ch, New Providence Ch, and Jolliff Store. Evidence of former transportation routes is visible via the Old RR Grade and a Trestle crossing Dry Land H Creek. These remnants, alongside small settlements like Poplar Corner and Boynton, document the evolving connectivity and settlement patterns of this border region near the Missouri line.