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2015 Map of Peoples

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Peoples
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

The Hatchie River and its tributary, the Little Hatchie River, define the landscape of this rural corridor along the Tippah and Alcorn County line. The terrain is a network of ridges and bottoms, most notably White Oak Bottom and several family-named landmarks like Rogers Hill and Neil Hill. The settlement pattern is largely decentralized, centered on crossroads and many small burial grounds that suggest a long history of family farming and local congregations.

Genealogists will find a wealth of specific sites across the township lines of t3s r4e and t3s r5e, including Shiloh Cem, Rogers Chapel Cem, and Cedar Mound Cem. The small communities of Silver Springs and Peoples anchor the southern and central portions of the map, connected by a dense grid of county roads such as CR-258 and CR-510. Notable crossings like Waldon Bridge and Crum Bridge show where local travel once concentrated along the winding riverbanks.