2020 Map of Moscow

About this map

Moscow and Damascus anchor this rural landscape in the eastern hills of Kemper County, where a dense network of family-named roads reveals a deeply rooted community. The terrain is defined by the headwaters of several significant drainages, including Chickasawhay Cr and Bogue Chitto, which carve through the land surrounding Bull Mtn. The map's high density of small cemeteries, such as McDonald Cem, West Kemper Cem, and Shiloh Cem, suggests a long history of local settlement and family homesteads scattered along routes like Old Jackson Rd. The proximity of places like Liberty and numerous named branches like Toles Br and Penders Cr illustrates a landscape where life was traditionally organized around the available water sources and established family landholdings, even as modern infrastructure connected these disparate points.