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2024 Map of Morgantown

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Morgantown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

The Pearl River carves a winding path through this Marion County landscape, creating a distinct physical boundary between the upland forests and riverine bottomlands. This modern study of the area shows a rural geography where family names still mark the road network, as seen with John Thornhill Rd, Clem Thornhill Rd, and Billy Smith Rd. The local terrain is most notably defined by the Red Bluff escarpment, where significant relief breaks the typical Mississippi woodland patterns.

For family historians, the sheet is densely populated with community markers, including the Morgantown Cem, Oak Grove Cem, and Holly Springs Cem. Small settlements like White Bluff, Goss, and Newsom appear as quiet junctions, while Foxworth anchors the southern reaches near the river crossing. Watercourses such as Cypress Creek, Dry Creek, and Richland Creek frame the various agricultural and timber tracts that dominate the county's interior.