The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway defines this landscape where Pickens, Sumter, and Greene Counties converge. The river’s natural evolution is visible through numerous abandoned bends and bars, such as Barnes Bend and Cooks Bend, which have been bypassed by modern navigation channels like the Warsaw Cut-Off. Local settlements like Warsaw and Fair Oaks sit near the river's edge, while New West Greene anchors the eastern upland. Genealogists will find a high density of family and community burial grounds, including the Jamestown Cem near Warsaw and the Pleasant Valley Cem further east. The area’s spiritual life is marked by the Saint John Ch located south of the main river channel, serving a community defined by its proximity to the Gainesville Lake and the shifting waters of the Noxubee River.
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1953 · Meridian
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1953 · West Point
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Meridian
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · West Point
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1963 · West Point
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1965 · Meridian
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1970 · Pleasant Ridge
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · West Greene
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Boligee
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Gainesville
USGS Topo · 1:24,000