Shelby and the nearby town of Winstonville anchor this portion of the Mississippi Delta, a landscape defined by the serpentine remnants of former river channels and expansive agricultural plots. The hydrology is dominated by the winding path of Turkey Pen Bayou, which snakes across the center of the sheet alongside Snake Creek and Bogue Phalia. These waterways create a complex drainage pattern typical of the alluvial plain, where modern roads like Kermit Stanton Rd and Ferretti Rd cut straight lines across the ancient, meandering bayous.
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1930 · Mellwood
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1931 · Drew
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1935 · Clarksdale
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1935 · Mound Bayou
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Pace
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Clarksdale
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Mellwood
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1948 · Helena
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1950 · Helena
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1953 · Greenwood
USGS Topo · 1:250,000