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1921 Map of Tupelo

Name: 1921 Topographic Map of Tupelo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1921
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1921

About this map

Tupelo serves as the primary hub for this early 1920s survey of Lee County, where the intersection of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and the St Louis and San Francisco Road establishes a vital regional transit corridor. The map reveals a dense network of rural community centers, particularly noteworthy for its high concentration of local schools like Brysons School and Mud Creek School, and churches such as Euclautubba Church. These features suggest a landscape of small-scale agriculture organized around localized social hubs.

Modern infrastructure is represented by the Bankhead Highway, while the natural topography is defined by the winding paths of Old Town Creek and Mantachie Creek. The presence of small family or community-named landmarks like Parkers Store and Campbelltown Cemetery provides significant detail for researchers investigating early 20th-century settlement patterns and genealogy in northeast Mississippi.