2018 Map of Mattson

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Big Sunflower River meanders through this portion of Coahoma County, defining a landscape of agricultural tracts and bayou drainages. Small rural settlements like Mattson and Claremont sit along the corridor of Old Hwy 49, reflecting the historic transport patterns of the Mississippi Delta. The distribution of family and community burial grounds, such as Mount Horeb Cem and True Vine Cem, provides essential points of reference for genealogists studying the local families who worked these lands. Waterways including Harris Bayou and Fishing Bayou cut through the fields, feeding into larger bodies like Dulaney- Ross Lake. The grid of local roads, such as New Africa Rd and Hopson Pixley Rd, outlines the persistent division of plantation lands into modern agricultural sections.