1982 Map of Pleasant Ridge

About this map

Pleasant Ridge and Jericho anchor this early 1980s topographic study of the rural landscape where Tippah and Union counties meet. The terrain is defined by the headwaters of the Hatchie River, which winds through the center of the sheet fed by numerous local tributaries like Owens Br and Caney Br. Evidence of early 20th-century industry persists at Oil Mill Hill and the remnants of an Oil Mill further north, while the presence of scattered sandpits suggests the ongoing extraction of local resources. For genealogists, the map is remarkably dense with family-named landmarks and burial grounds, including the Pickens Cem, Stubb Cem, and Bartlett Cem, alongside established rural congregations such as Mt Zion Ch. This detailed mapping of fence and field lines provides a clear view of the agricultural patterns before modern consolidation.