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1965 Map of Marietta

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Marietta
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Marietta serves as the focal point of this northeast Mississippi landscape, situated at a rural crossroads in southern Prentiss County during the mid-1960s. The region is defined by a dense network of small rural settlements and religious centers, including New Site and the curiously named Hobo Station. A proliferation of country churches and family-named landmarks, such as Blythes Chapel, Siloam Ch, and Massey Cem, suggests a deeply rooted community structure tied to the land's geography.

The terrain is carved by numerous waterways, most notably Big Brown Creek and Hurricane Creek, which dictate the placement of roads and farmsteads. Features like the Marietta Lookout Tower and scattered pits indicate the local intersection of forestry management and small-scale resource extraction. This survey, updated with late-1970s aerial data, provides a detailed record of the township and range boundaries that organized these hill-country settlements.