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1985 Map of Picayune

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

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Picayune serves as the primary urban center for this mid-1980s landscape, positioned where the East Hobolochitto Creek and West Hobolochitto Creek converge. The city's growth is anchored by infrastructure like the Municipal Airport and a prominent Radio Range Station, reflecting its role as a regional hub in Pearl River County. To the north and east, smaller settlements like Carriere, Ozona, and Richardson dot the rail and road corridors, while the planned waterside community around Hide-A-Way Lake indicates the residential expansion of the era.

Conservation and recreation are represented by the sprawling Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge in the southwest, guarding the wetlands around Farr Island. Numerous smaller waterways, such as Solomon Creek and George Branch, feed into the larger creek systems, while the presence of several Cem sites and a local Golf Course provides points of interest for genealogists and local historians tracking the community's footprint near the Mississippi-Louisiana state line.