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1964 Map of Vaughan

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Vaughan
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

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Big Black River meanders along the eastern boundary of this mid-1960s landscape, defining the border between Yazoo and Madison Counties. The settlement pattern is characterized by small rural nodes and crossroads anchored by community institutions like Deasonville and Vaughan. The network of country roads connects a dense distribution of local churches and family burial grounds, such as Cypress Grove Ch, Bethel Ch, and the Peaster Cem.

Industrial and transport infrastructure is represented by the Illinois Central railroad corridor and the Illinois Central Field, alongside several Oil Wells scattered near Big Cypress Creek. The topography is defined by the drainage basins of Dry Creek and Ellison Creek, where the presence of multiple radio towers and small cemeteries like Williams Cem and Pepper Cem suggests a long-established rural social geography surviving into the mid-20th century.