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2022 Map of Medon

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Medon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Medon, Parkburg, and Deanburg anchor this topographical landscape where the borders of Madison, Hardeman, and Chester counties converge. The terrain is defined by a dense network of tributaries including Clover Cr, Bear Cr, and Sandy Cr, which feed numerous local water bodies such as Ben Henry Lake and Lake Placid. The map reveals a deeply rooted rural community, evidenced by the high concentration of family and church-affiliated burial grounds like the McDaniel Cem and the Butler Cem.

Religious life is central to the settlement pattern, with several established congregations such as the Clover Creek Baptist Church and Bethel Baptist Church situated along the winding country roads. The transition from the more settled corridors of Main St to the isolated timbered tracts near Cypress Cr illustrates the region's enduring agricultural and forest-based character. Genealogists will find particular value in the detailed plotting of numerous small cemeteries, including Parlow Cem and Owens Cem, which are often the only remaining markers of earlier farmsteads.