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1962 Map of Vernon

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Vernon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Nanih Waiya Indian Mound stands as a prominent cultural landmark in this rural landscape where the borders of Winston, Neshoba, and Kemper Counties converge. Surveyed in the early 1960s, the area is defined by a network of drainage systems including Bogue Chitto Creek, Nanaway Creek, and the Coopwood Canal. Small rural settlements like Vernon and Claytown serve as focal points for the surrounding agricultural and timber lands, with community life centered around local institutions such as the Nanih Waiya Sch and Winston Ch.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant detail in the numerous family-linked burial sites and churches scattered across the terrain. From the Enon Cem in the northwest to the Oak Grove Sch Cem in the southeast, the map documents a deeply rooted community structure. The landscape is further characterized by local landmarks like the Grim Branch Sch and the extensive marshy reaches of Big Tallahaga Creek.