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1921 Map of Tupelo

Name: 1921 Topographic Map of Tupelo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Tupelo serves as the hub of this early 1920s survey, where the Mobile and Ohio and St Louis San Francisco railroads intersect. This transit network anchors a landscape of small farming communities and educational outposts such as Blair, Saltillo, and Mooreville. The survey reveals a dense distribution of rural infrastructure, from cotton processing at Kirks Gin to the public County Farm, alongside numerous family-named landmarks like Parkers Store and Clayton Store.

The terrain is defined by the winding paths of Oldtown Creek and the Tulip Creek branches, which are flanked by an extensive network of country schools and churches. Genealogists can locate specific centers of community life including Evans Chapel, Beulah School, and the Campbelltown Cemetery. The transition from the hill country to the river bottoms is marked by the distinct boundary lines of Lee, Prentiss, and Itawamba counties, illustrating the geopolitical layout of North Mississippi during the post-World War I era.