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1964 Map of Vaughan

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Vaughan
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The Big Black River forms a winding natural boundary between Yazoo and Madison counties, anchoring a landscape of bottomlands and rolling hills. During the mid-1960s, this area was defined by the Illinois Central railroad corridor, which passes through the settlement of Vaughan. The map reveals a deeply rooted rural community, evidenced by numerous family and church cemeteries such as Alsop Cem, Strangers Home Cem, and Pepper Cem.

Religious life was centralized around small country churches like New Zion Ch and Bethel Ch, while the local economy show signs of diversification with scattered Oil Wells and the presence of Radio Tower (WKOZ). From the northern reaches of Dry Creek to the southern Lock Creek, the terrain is marked by a network of drainage features and field lines that illustrate the agricultural patterns of the era. The presence of Deasonville further west highlights the distribution of small inland hubs away from the primary rail line.