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1971 Map of Pocahontas

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Pocahontas
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Ancient earthworks and rural congregations anchor this early 1970s landscape along the border of Madison and Hinds counties. The settlement of Pocahontas is situated prominently along the Illinois Central railroad, distinguished by the Indian Mounds and the adjacent Pocahontas Mounds Roadside Park. The survey captures a network of small churches that served these communities, including Shady Grove Ch, Mt Zion Ch, and Bakers Grove Ch, reflecting the deep-seated social geography of the area.

Water and industry define the western reaches, where Bogue Chitto Creek meanders toward Kickapoo Lake and the Kickapoo Camp grounds. Traceable family history is preserved in sites like Tinnin Cem and Roberts Cem near the small community of Tinnin. The presence of a Gravel Pit and Claypit points to the local extraction economy, while the emerging Natchez Trace Parkway in the southeast corner marks the modernization of regional transport.