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2018 Map of Noxapater

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Noxapater
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Noxapater stands at the northern edge of this Winston County landscape, where the headwaters of the Pearl River begin to take shape among the low-lying wetlands and creek beds. The area is defined by its transition from the town center south toward the Winston Co Neshoba Co line, passing through smaller community hubs like Hight and Stallo. This 2018 survey reveals a territory rich in genealogical markers, with numerous country burial grounds such as Noxapater Cem, Methodist Cem, and Union Ridge Cem scattered across the township lines.

Water plays a central role in the geography here, as Noxapater Creek and the Tallagaia Creek wind through heavily forested bottomlands. To the south, the terrain descends toward the Bogue Chitto, showing a persistent pattern of rural homesteading connected by a network of local roads like Union Ridge Rd and Kemp Vowell Rd. This document serves as a modern baseline for tracing the enduring family-named landmarks and church sites that have anchored these Mississippi communities for generations.