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1974 Map of Tamola

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of Tamola
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The Illinois Central Gulf railroad cuts a straight north-south line through this borderland, where the wooded hills of eastern Mississippi meet the Alabama state line. The small settlement of Tamola serves as a central point for a landscape defined by its small country congregations and family burial grounds, including Mt Hebron Ch, Mt Cephus Ch, and the Anna York Cem. The terrain is deeply etched by the Sucarnoochee River and Ponta Creek, which drain a region transitionally shaped by resource extraction.

Industrial activity is evident in the numerous Sandpits, Sandpit, and Claypit sites scattered near the roads. These small-scale excavations, alongside the Tamola Lookout Tower and a network of pipelines, reflect a rural economy tied to the land and timber. To the southwest, the emergence of Dalewood Shore Lake suggests the beginning of residential development near Lauderdale Springs Cem, contrasting with the more traditional agricultural and mining patterns found elsewhere on the sheet.