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1921 Map of Meridian

Name: 1921 Topographic Map of Meridian
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

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Meridian dominates this landscape as a bustling regional rail hub in the early 1920s, where the Mobile and Ohio RR and Alabama Great Southern RR converge. This industrial and social center is defined by institutional landmarks such as the East Mississippi Insane Asylum, Meridian College, and the Sanitarium. Beyond the urban grid, the topography rises toward Mt Barton and Poplar Springs, giving way to a network of rural communities anchored by family-named hubs like Herveys Store, Jacksons Store, and Jones Mill.

The outlying countryside is densely populated with community cornerstones, including Old Marion Cemetery and numerous rural meeting houses like Gum Log Church and Tabernacle Church. The drainage of Sowashee Creek and Nanabe Creek shapes the settlement patterns, while the proliferation of small schoolhouses like McShann School and Pringle School reveals the era’s dispersed agrarian population before the consolidation of the mid-20th century.