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2011 Map of Thompson

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Thompson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Thompson and the nearby crossroads of Cornerstone center this Bullock County landscape, where rural life is defined by a dense network of tributaries and small impoundments. The terrain is deeply etched by Slaughter Creek, Bughall Creek, and Williams Creek, which feed into various man-made reservoirs such as Lake Louise and Beckhams Lake. The map reveals a high concentration of family and community burial grounds, including Penile Cemetery, Jackson Cemetery, and Paulk Cemetery, indicating long-established settlement patterns across the rural interior.

Industrial and agricultural infrastructure appears in the form of specialized dams like Maytag Number 2 Dam and the Old Town Creek Watershed Dam Number 31. Local aviation is represented by Franklin Field, situated between Todd Queen Rd and Penn Rd. The distribution of these features, alongside Haines Chapel Cemetery and Cornerstone Cemetery, provides a detailed geographic record of the county's social and physical evolution in the early twenty-first century.