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2024 Map of Waverly

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

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Tibbee Creek winds through the heart of this landscape, marking the boundary where the lowland wetlands meet the higher ground of eastern Mississippi. The area is defined by its complex hydrology, with numerous oxbows and water bodies like Moon Lake and Fortson Lake situated in the bottomlands. This survey illustrates the rural character of the settlements at Stephen and Waverly, showing a distribution of homes and farms connected by local roads such as Old Waverly Rd and Melton Bottom Rd.

Genealogists will find a high density of burial sites across the terrain, including Pooles Cem, Lee Cem, and Pitchlynn Cem. Significant geographical landmarks such as the Rocky Ford river crossing and the high ground of Red Bluff provide a sense of the early navigation and settlement patterns along the waterways. The eastern edge is dominated by the expansive Columbus Lake, a modern feature that reshaped the local drainage of Town Creek and its tributaries.