2012 Map of Oak Vale

About this map

Pearl River dominates the southwestern corner of this landscape, its winding course defining the boundary between bottomlands and the upland settlements of Marion County. The rural communities of Oak Vale and Society Hill serve as local anchors, connected by a network of family-named roads like W B Speights Rd and Johnny Wilson Rd. For those researching regional history or genealogy, the distribution of burial grounds such as Society Hill Cem and Hepzibah Cem offers a direct link to the families who settled this territory between the river and the various branches of Greens Cr. The geography transitions from the riparian environment of Cypress Cr to the higher ground near Hathorn, where agricultural fields and timberlands meet at the crossroads of the Mississippi piney woods.