2020 Map of Owl Creek

About this map

Bogue Chitto and its surrounding rural communities are documented in this 2020 survey of the borderlands between Neshoba and Kemper Counties. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the Bogue Chitto river and its tributaries, including Coffadeliah Cr and Owl Cr. Small settlements such as North Bend, Bond, Forestdale, and Crossroads serve as local anchors, connected by a network of county and Bureau of Indian Affairs roads. For genealogists and local historians, the map provides precise locations for family and community landmarks such as North Bend Cem, Roundtree Cem, and Hensons Cem. The spatial arrangement of these sites, alongside the Mount Nelson Cem and Long Cem, reveals a long-standing pattern of dispersed agrarian settlement and indigenous land use through the Choctaw tribal lands.