2024 Map of Progress

About this map

Bala Chitto Creek and Silver Creek define the drainage of this rural landscape along the Mississippi-Louisiana border. Small agricultural and residential clusters are centered on Progress, Emerald, Gladhurst, and Smithburg, reflecting a long-standing settlement pattern in Pike County. The map is particularly rich in genealogical data, preserving the locations of numerous family-named burial grounds like the Jesse and Hannah Brumfield Cem and the Solomon O Simmons Cem. These small family plots, along with larger congregational sites such as Silver Springs Baptist Church Cem, provide a detailed record of the families who established these communities. The terrain is crisscrossed by local connectors like Pike 93 Central and Raborn Rd, which link the various homesteads and cemeteries scattered across the undulating countryside between the Bogue Chitto and McNab Creek.