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1973 Map of Scooba

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Scooba
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Scooba and Electric Mills serve as the primary anchors for this eastern Kemper County landscape during the early 1970s. The community of Scooba is shown in detail, featuring the East Mississippi Jr College campus and the Spencer High Sch, alongside local landmarks like Cedar Lawn Memorial Cem and the Sewage Disposal Ponds. The Gulf Mobile and Ohio Illinois Central railroad line bisects the territory, running parallel to the major highway and connecting the town to Millington in the north.

Rural life is marked by numerous country churches and family burial grounds scattered among the drainage basins of Big Scooba Creek and Bodka Creek. Genealogists will find value in the specific locations of the Old Scooba Cem, Blue Chapel, and the Sunflower Cem Ch. To the east, the settlement of Giles sits near the Alabama border, supported by the Sunny Mt Giles Ch and a nearby cemetery, illustrating the dispersed nature of these small agricultural and rail-stop communities.