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1991 Map of Natchez

Name: 1991 Topographic Map of Natchez
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

The Mississippi River creates a meandering border between Louisiana and Mississippi, defining the agricultural and flood-prone character of this riverine corridor. On the eastern bluffs, the city of Natchez stands as a primary hub of commerce and transport, mirrored across the water by Vidalia and the nearby rail junction of Ferriday. The landscape is a complex network of oxbow lakes and points, including Cowpen Point and Waverly Point, which illustrate the river's historical shifts.

Transit in the early 1990s relied on the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad and the Missouri Pacific Railroad, serving outlying settlements like Fayette and St Joseph. Natural features dominate the fringes of the developed river valley, from the high ground of Sicily Island in the west to the dense woodlands of Homochitto National Forest in the southeast. This survey captures the region as it balanced its deep river-trade heritage with late-twentieth-century industrial and recreational development.