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2018 Map of Rodney

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Rodney
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The settlement of Rodney sits at the edge of a complex hydrologic landscape where the Mississippi River once flowed against the bluffs of Jefferson County. This terrain is defined by its shifting waterways and oxbow remnants, including Flatland Lake and the winding Mammy Judy Bayou. The map captures the meeting point of river bottomlands and the interior hills, a region historically vital for river commerce before the river channel migrated west.

Evidence of established communities is found in the scattered burial grounds like Rodney Cem, Laurel Hill Cem, and Griffin Cem. To the southeast, the modern route of the Natchez Trace Pkwy traverses the landscape near the drainage of Coles Creek. Local infrastructure is marked by numerous rural roads such as Rodney Rd and Side Ashland Rd, which connect the interior farms and family-named locations like P Malone to the former river port.