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1962 Map of Post

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Post
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Post and Perdue anchor this 1962 landscape in East Central Mississippi, a region defined by the convergence of four counties: Neshoba, Kemper, Newton, and Lauderdale. The Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroad corridor provides a clear industrial artery through the south, passing near the small settlement at Perdue. This era reveals a deeply religious and community-focused rural geography, marked by a high density of country churches and family burial grounds including Pleasant Hill Ch, Alawine Springs Ch, and the Trussel Cem.

The hydrography of the area is complex, with Tallahatta Creek and Mayatte Creek carving through the terrain alongside distinctive features like Herbert Springs and Joyner Lake. The presence of several sandpits suggests local resource extraction, while the scattered churches—from Bethel Ch in the northwest to Pleasant Ridge Ch in the southeast—illustrate the established social fabric of these rural communities just before major modernization of the road networks.