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1970 Map of Oak Vale

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Oak Vale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Pearl River meanders through the southwestern corner of this 1970 Mississippi landscape, marking a clear boundary for Marion Co. The settlement of Oak Vale serves as a central hub, situated where the Illinois Central railroad corridor crosses the terrain. This era of the region’s development is characterized by a significant extraction industry, evidenced by the numerous Gravel Pits concentrated around the White Sand Creek and Dry Creek drainages.

Genealogists and local historians will find several rural landmarks of interest, including Hepzibah Ch, New Zion Ch, and the Bourne Cem located near the northern border. Small communities like Hathorn and Society Hill are mapped along the eastern stretches, while a technical infrastructure of pipelines, a Pumping Station, and a Substation indicates the modernizing utility network of the early 1970s.