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1971 Map of Shivers

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Shivers
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

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Old Indian Treaty Boundary slices through this rural landscape in the early 1970s, marking a historic line across southern Mississippi where Simpson, Lawrence, and Jefferson Davis Counties converge. The Illinois Central railroad parallels the West Illinois Prong Silver Creek through the settlement of Shivers, providing a transportation backbone for the local timber and gravel industries. Numerous Gravel Pits and Gas Wells near Gwinville reflect the area's mid-century economic reliance on natural resources.

Local life is anchored by a network of country churches and family burial grounds, including Pilgrim Rest Ch and the nearby Pinhola Cem. The terrain is defined by the branching waters of Silver Creek and Westville Creek, where a Gaging Station monitors the flow. This survey records a quiet, transitionary period in the Piney Woods region, documenting established farms and woodlots before modern industrial expansion shifted the local geography.