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1964 Map of Ovett SE

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Ovett SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

The lowlands of Perry County are defined here by the winding courses of Tallahala Creek and Bogue Homo, where numerous oxbow lakes like Eddy Lake and Izola Lake mark the shifting path of the water. The settlement at Runnelstown serves as a northern anchor, while the surrounding countryside is dotted with small family and community burial sites such as McGilvary Cem and Burch Cem. An Old RR Grade cutting through the northeast corner suggests the region's earlier dependence on rail transport for timber and local commerce.

Industrial activity is evident in the scattered Gravel Pits and Claypits that punctuate the wooded landscape. Religious life in the mid-1960s was centered around country churches like Buck Creek Ch and Bethel Ch. This survey, updated with 1980s photorevisions, captures the persistence of rural landmarks like the Hurricane Mill Creek and the extensive Pipeline network that traversed the piney woods of southern Mississippi.