1965 Map of Natchez

About this map

The Mississippi River creates a dynamic western boundary for Adams County in this mid-1960s study, its serpentine path marked by historical engineering feats like the Waterproof Cutoff (1884) and Giles Bend. The landscape is a study in transition, where legacy agricultural estates like Alabama Plantation, Whitehall Plantation, and Canebrake Plantation sit alongside emerging industrial and extraction sites, including the Waverly Point Oil Field and Natchez Port. The city of Natchez serves as the regional anchor, surrounded by smaller communities such as Washington and Cloverdale. Notable cultural and historical landmarks are well-represented, from the Fort Rosalie Hist Site on the river bluffs to Jefferson Military College inland. The terrain is deeply dissected by drainages like St Catherine Creek and Buckner Bayou, which carve through the loess hills east of the river floodplains.