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2020 Map of Sharon SE

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Sharon SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

The Pearl River winds through a complex landscape of wetlands and oxbows on this 2020 survey of the Rankin, Madison, and Scott County borders. This riparian environment is defined by old watercourses like Richards Old River and numerous lakes including Pine Bluff Lake, Alligator Lake, and Cypress Lake. The historic Natchez Trace Parkway and the accompanying Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail cut diagonally across the northwestern corner, providing a modern corridor through terrain once navigated by early travelers and traders.

Local history is preserved in a high density of rural burial grounds scattered across the townships, such as Eureka Cem, Lone Pine Cem, and the Old Iron Cem. The settlement of Eureka serves as a small geographic anchor in a region otherwise characterized by agricultural roads and timberland. To the north, the Pace Airstrip and the Coffee Bogue waterway illustrate the mix of aviation and natural drainage patterns that define this part of the Mississippi interior.