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1968 Map of White Oak

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of White Oak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

The Strong River winds through the western reaches of this Smith County landscape, defining a terrain of creeks and timber during the late 1960s. The eastern portion is dominated by the Bienville National Forest, while the central area is anchored by the community of White Oak. The map reveals a deeply rooted rural infrastructure, evidenced by numerous family-named burial grounds such as Miley Cem, Everett Cem, and Dukes Cem.

A notable historical landmark preserved here is the Old Indian Treaty Boundary, which cuts diagonally through the southern sections. Local industry is represented by scattered extraction sites, including a Sandpit and an Oil Well, alongside the prominent Gourley Lookout Tower positioned for forest monitoring. These features, combined with isolated congregations like Rock Bluff Ch and Galilee Ch, document a traditional Mississippi landscape at the intersection of public forest land and private farmstead history.