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1972 Map of Mantee

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Mantee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Natchez Trace Parkway cuts a diagonal swath through this Webster County landscape, following the historic path across the Indian Treaty Boundary. The small rail-centered settlements of Mantee and Dancy are captured along the Gulf Central Illinois line, which parallels the parkway through the center of the sheet. The terrain is defined by its drainages, with Line Creek and Old Field Creek carving through the agricultural and wooded sections of the region.

Local heritage is deeply rooted in the rural congregations and burial grounds scattered throughout the quadrangle, such as Mount Pleasant Cem and Wake Forest Ch. The presence of several churches, including Mt Hope Ch, Antioch Ch, and Pine Bluff Ch, suggests a landscape of tight-knit communities centered on these institutions during the early 1970s. For genealogists, these specific locations provide clear geographic markers for family roots in this corner of Mississippi.