1984 Map of Tupelo

About this map

The Tombigbee River and Buttahatchee River drainage basins define this 1984 survey, which documents the landscape of Northeast Mississippi and Northwest Alabama just before significant modern expansion. This map illustrates the vital intersection of rail and road transport, featuring the Illinois Central Gulf corridor and the historic Old Natchez Trace Parkway. Large-scale conservation and management areas are prominent, including the Tombigbee National Forest, Chickasaw Game Management Area, and the John Bell Williams Wildlife Mgt Area. Local genealogists will find the distribution of smaller communities like Guntown, Saltillo, and New Albany particularly useful for tracing late 20th-century family history. The topography shifts from the Birmingham Ridge in the west to the Freedom Hills and Bear Creek Valley in the east, providing a clear record of the region’s timber and agricultural terrain.