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1959 Map of Van Vleet

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Van Vleet
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

The Natchez Trace Parkway carves a bold arc through the western hills of this 1959 survey, marked as still under construction near Witch Dance Hill. This transition between the rugged western ridges and the flat bottomlands of Chuquatonchee Creek defines the local geography. Settlements like Van Vleet and Buena Vista anchor the rural landscape, which is remarkably dense with community institutions.

Genealogists will find an exceptional density of country churches and family burial grounds, including Ross Hill Cem, Asbury Cem, and Macedonia Cem. Education centers like New Zion Sch and Bethlehem Sch appear alongside small-scale industry, such as several Sandpits and a Borrow Pit near the Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Further east, the terrain levels out into agricultural fields drained by Houlka Creek and Bell Creek, where the Gaging Station monitors the region's vital water network.