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2015 Map of Terrys Creek

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Terrys Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

The Amite Co and Pike Co border divides this rural Mississippi landscape, where a dense network of family-named cemeteries provides a rich record of the area's ancestral heritage. The settlement of Terrys Creek serves as a central landmark, situated near the headwaters of Terrys Cr and Trinity Cr. This terrain is deeply etched by a complex drainage system including the Tickfaw River and its multiple branches, such as Easley Br and Breland Br, which likely shaped the placement of early homesteads and transport routes.

Local history is preserved in the names of numerous small family burial grounds like the Newman-Phillips Cem, Simpson-Raborn Cem, and McDaniel-McElveen Cem, which are scattered among a web of rural roads such as Bates School RD and Glen Carter RD. These roads connect isolated farms and woodlots to larger water features like Alford Lake, illustrating the persistent agrarian and rural character of the region south of the Tickfaw River and Miller Cr.