2012 Map of Walnut

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Walnut and Tiplersville anchor the local road network in this section of Tippah County, where the landscape is defined by the headwaters and branches of Hurricane Cr, Big Cr, and Muddy Cr. The area is densely punctuated by small community burial grounds, such as Oakland Cem, Gossett Cem, and New Salem Cem, providing significant geographic markers for local family history and genealogy. At Mount Moriah, the presence of both a settlement label and the Mount Moriah Cem suggests a long-standing focal point for the surrounding rural community. These small clusters of homes and churches are linked by an extensive system of numbered county roads that follow the drainage patterns of the north-central Mississippi hills. Further south, the terrain opens into the valleys of Bluff Cr and Turkey Cr, illustrating the hydrological transition between the upland ridges and the lower creek bottoms.