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2012 Map of Wheeler

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Wheeler
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Wheeler stands as the primary settlement in this corner of Northeast Mississippi, situated at a junction of roads where the landscape begins to drain into numerous creeks and branches. The area is defined by a dense network of waterways, including Donivan Cr, Twentymile Cr, and Hurricane Cr, which carve through the terrain and create a pattern of low-lying basins like Elder Lake and Bennett Lake.

For those tracing family histories in Prentiss County, the map provides a high density of rural burial grounds, including Hodges Chapel Cem, Everett Cem, and East Pleasant Ridge Cem. These sites, along with Prospect Cem and Mount Carmel Cem, reflect the long-standing community nodes that have anchored this agrarian region for generations. The road network, often following the ridges between drainages like Plumorchard Br and Casey Cr, illustrates the traditional rural development of the Mississippi interior.