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1956 Map of Tupelo

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Tupelo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The Tupelo National Battlefield and Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site anchor this survey of northeast Mississippi, marking significant Civil War grounds amidst a mid-century landscape of expanding reservoirs and timberlands. Massive hydrological projects like Sardis Lake and Enid Lake define the western reaches, while the northeast is shaped by Pickwick Lake on the Tennessee River.

Major rail corridors including the St Louis-San Francisco RR and the Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR intersect at regional hubs like Tupelo and Corinth. The map documents the extensive protected woodlands of the Holly Springs National Forest and Tombigbee National Forest, reaching up to the state's highest point at Woodall Mountain. Prominent local institutions such as the University near Oxford are clearly positioned within the evolving network of U.S. highways and state routes that facilitated the region's post-war growth.