1955 Map of Sherman

About this map

The St Louis-San Francisco railway corridor anchors this mid-century look at the northeast Mississippi uplands, connecting the growing hub of Tupelo with smaller settlements like Sherman and Blue Springs. The landscape is a network of ridges and creek bottoms, where family-named landmarks such as Grubb Hill and Buncombe Hill rise above the agricultural valleys of Connewah Creek and Mud Creek. A high density of rural institutions suggests a well-established social fabric, with New Harmony Ch, Bethel Ch, and numerous burial grounds like Cherry Creek Cem serving the surrounding farming communities.