1931 Map of Sumner

About this map

Sumner serves as a focal point in this Mississippi Delta landscape, where the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad follows the winding path of the Quiver River and Cassidy Bayou. The survey, compiled in part from early Air Corps aerial photography, reveals an intensive network of rural community life centered around small churches and schools. Of particular note for historians is the Brooks-Rosenwald Sch, part of the significant effort to provide education for African American children in the South.