The Tombigbee River snakes through the heart of this landscape along the border of Washington and Clarke Counties, defining a terrain of river bars and intricate wetlands. The geography is marked by the shifting path of the water, featuring named landforms such as Blackwells Bar, East Bassetts Bar, and the sharp bend at Sunflower Bend. To the east, the city of Jackson establishes an urban edge with its Jackson Municipal Airport and City of Jackson Sewage Lagoon. Historically significant rural roads like Lower Ferry Rd and Powell Cut-Off Rd connect smaller communities like Leroy, Carson, and Wagar. The western half of the map is dominated by the vast Big Swamp and elevation features like Hickory Ridge, providing a detailed view of the bottomlands before the river meets the Upper Cutoff.
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1943 · Choctaw Bluff
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · McIntosh
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · McIntosh
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1946 · Choctaw Bluff
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Andalusia
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1953 · Hattiesburg
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Andalusia
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Hattiesburg
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1972 · St. Stephens
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1978 · Jackson
USGS Topo · 1:24,000