1963 Map of West Point

About this map

The Tombigbee River and Buttahatchee River define the eastern landscape of this mid-century survey, a region where the hill country meets the fertile prairie. Several major institutions anchor the map, including Wood Junior College near Mathiston and Mississippi State College on the outskirts of Starkville. The era's infrastructure is dominated by the Illinois Central and the Gulf Mobile & Ohio railroads, which facilitated the movement of timber and agricultural products from towns like West Point and Columbus. Environmental and military sites are notable, from the extensive Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge to the Mississippi National Guard Rifle Range. This collection of data points, including isolated churches like Hebron Ch and rural landmarks like the John T Miller Bridge, preserves the spatial relationship between Mississippi's college towns and its river-bottom industries before the expansion of the modern interstate system.