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2024 Map of Vernon

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Vernon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Nanih Waiya sits at the heart of this landscape where the borders of Winston, Neshoba, and Kemper counties converge. This area is defined by the headwaters of Nanih Waiya Creek and the meandering path of Bogue Chitto, creating a network of wetlands and creek bottoms that influenced early settlement patterns. Small communities like Vernon, Claytown, and Coy are scattered across the terrain, each marked by family-named cemeteries and rural churches such as Prince Chapel.

The map reveals a dense rural infrastructure, with numerous local roads like Harmony Baptist Church Rd and Robertson Rd connecting remote homesteads. The distribution of burial grounds, including the Middleton Cem and Whitehead Cem, provides a significant resource for genealogists tracing families in this tri-county region. The landscape remains largely agricultural and timber-focused, evidenced by the many unnamed branches feeding into Tallahaga Creek and the Coopwood Canal.