1961 Map of Valley

About this map

Yazoo City serves as the focal point for this Mississippi Delta landscape, situated where the Yazoo River meets the distinctive bluff line. The 1961 survey documents a dense network of rural community institutions, reflecting the era's segregated social geography through numerous named schools and churches such as Peter Simmons Sch, Holly Green Sch, and Mt Salem Sch & Ch. The land use is clearly divided between the alluvial floodplains to the west, marked by Wolf Lake and Broad Lake, and the dissected uplands to the east.