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1953 Map of West Point

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of West Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Yalobusha River and its massive impoundment at Grenada Lake dominate the northwestern landscape of this mid-century survey. This region of North-Central Mississippi and Western Alabama is defined by a dense network of river systems and drainage basins, where the Tombigbee River and Noxubee River carve through the terrain. The presence of the Holly Springs National Forest and Tombigbee National Forest indicates the large-scale conservation and reforestation efforts that reshaped this area by the 1950s.

Transportation corridors including the Gulf Mobile & Ohio and the Columbus and Greenville rail lines connect regional centers like Columbus and West Point to the surrounding timberlands and agricultural fields. Researching the map reveals the complex waterway management of the era, from the established state parks like George Payne Cossar State Park to the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, highlighting a landscape carefully balanced between federal land management and local river-valley settlement.