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1972 Map of Progress

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Progress
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Family-named cemeteries and rural churches dot the landscape of southern Mississippi along the Louisiana border, centered on the community of Progress. The area is defined by the winding course of the Bogue Chitto and its tributaries, including the Bala Chitto and Silver Creek. Near the state line, social life and local history are anchored at the Vale Community Center and a network of small congregations like Silver Creek Ch and Shady Grove Ch.

The surveying of the Pike Co Walthall Co and Pike Co Washington Parish boundaries reveals a landscape shaped by both timber and agriculture. Numerous gravel pits near Dykes Crossing and Smithburg indicate local extraction industries, while a Lookout Tower near the Rose Hill Cem underscores the importance of forestry oversight in this wooded region during the early 1970s. For those tracing family history, the map provides exact locations for numerous burial grounds, including the Brumfield Cem and Simmons Cem.