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1964 Map of Ovett

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Ovett
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Bogue Homo snakes through the center of this Mississippi landscape, dividing the piney woods of Jones and Perry Counties in the mid-1960s. The settlement of Ovett stands as a focal point in the northeast, positioned along the corridor of the Mobile and Ohio railroad. Much of the eastern half of the map is defined by the De Soto National Forest, where the terrain is marked by numerous watercourses like Tiger Creek and Hog Branch.

Genealogists will find significant local-history data in the scattered family and community sites, including Beech Cem, Lancaster Cem, and Woodard Cem. Evidence of mid-century industrial activity appears in the form of several Oil Wells in the west and multiple Gravel Pits concentrated near the rural crossroads of Whitfield and Runnelstown. The map also captures several country congregations, such as Jesus Name Ch and County Line Ch, which served these dispersed farming and timber communities.