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1939 Map of Natchez

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Natchez
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

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The Mississippi River winds through this 1939 landscape, defining the shifting boundary between Concordia Parish and the high bluffs of Adams County. This era reveals a dense network of river-bottom agricultural estates, including Hole in the Wall Plantation, Delhi Plantation, and Alabama Plantation nestled within the river's great loops. The town of Vidalia sits directly across the water from the bustling city center of Natchez, which is shown in fine detail with its radiating rail lines like the Mississippi Central RR and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR.

Tracing the inland topography east of the river reveals a complex social landscape of rural congregations and schools, such as Daughters of Zion Ch, Antioch Ch & Sch, and the Rosenwald Sch near Lake St John. The presence of numerous historic estates like Elms Court Plantation and Fatherland Ch highlights the deeply rooted plantation economy and the early 20th-century development of the region's infrastructure, including the Louisiana Power & Light Co lines and various river landings like Gibson Ldg.