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1922 Map of Pelahatchee

Name: 1922 Topographic Map of Pelahatchee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1922
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1922

About this map

The town of Pelahatchee and its surrounding countryside in the early 1920s are defined by an intricate network of rural roads and small community nodes. This landscape, surveyed in cooperation with director E. N. Lowe, shows a high density of country schools and churches that served as the backbone of rural Rankin County. Key transit routes like the Vicksburg and Meridian Guide Road and Tannin Road navigate the terrain alongside notable water features such as Pelahatchee Creek and Cane Creek.

Large open areas like Barnes Prairie and Robinson Prairie contrast with the creek bottoms, where landmarks like Trickum Bridge provided vital crossings. Genealogists will find a wealth of specific community markers, from St Peter Church in the northwest to the De weese School in the south, illustrating the localized social structure before modern highway expansion consolidated these dispersed settlements.