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1962 Map of Preston

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Preston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The community of Preston and the rural junction of Handle anchor this 1962 landscape where the borders of Winston, Noxubee, and Kemper counties converge. This interior region of Mississippi is defined by its social hubs of country churches and family-named cemeteries, including Good Hope Ch, Mt Hebron Ch, and the Mt Pisgah Cem. The terrain is deeply carved by waterways such as Hashuqua Creek and Dancing Rabbit Creek, with Vernon Mill Pond suggesting earlier small-scale water-powered industry at the northern edge of the sheet.

Local landmarks such as the Lookout Tower near Jackson Field Ch and the Preston Sch illustrate the civic infrastructure of the early 1960s. The map also records the rural transition from cleared fields to dense woodlands, notably along Mission Ridge and the winding course of Chamberlin Creek. Researchers can trace the placement of numerous small homesteads and family burial grounds like Hailey Cem that characterize this corner of the state.