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2021 Map of Northwest Pontotoc

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Northwest Pontotoc
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Lappatubby Creek carves a path through the rolling rural landscape of Pontotoc County, defining the drainage patterns for a network of smaller streams like Tywhiskey Creek and Cherry Creek. This survey captures the region as a patchwork of small communities and rural family-named locations, including Hortontown, Buchannan, and Possum Trot. The town of Ecru sits at the northern edge, showing a concentrated street grid that contrasts with the surrounding agricultural plots and scattered homesites.

Local history is preserved in the numerous burial grounds documented here, such as Shady Grove Cem and Wardlow Cem. The presence of the Pontotoc County Airport and the modern road network, including the Cairo Loop, illustrates the evolution of transportation in this part of Mississippi. The map provides clear evidence of the transition from early 20th-century rural settlement patterns to the infrastructure of the contemporary era near the northern outskirts of Pontotoc.