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1979 Map of Marion South

Name: 1979 Topographic Map of Marion South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The Marion Institute and Perry Sch anchor the northern landscape of this Perry County survey, reflecting the educational character of Marion during the late 1970s. The terrain is defined by the winding course of Bogue Chitto Creek and its tributaries, Sand Creek and Rice Creek, which cut through the hills south of the town center. Local history is deeply etched into the countryside through a network of rural congregations and family resting places, including Bethel Ch, Coles Chapel, and the Pinecrest Memorial Cem.

Infrastructure of the era is evident in the County Airport near Norman and the passage of the Southern railroad line, which connects the main settlement to southern hamlets like Hamburg and Vaiden. A distinctive cluster of small water bodies, including Lake Ada, Lake Heart, and Lake Miriam, suggests a localized concentration of private ponds or residential developments west of the Bogue Chitto Creek valley.