Woodville serves as the focal point of this Wilkinson County landscape, where the street grid of the historic seat meets the rural expanses of southwest Mississippi. The town's layout, featuring routes like Church St and Depot St, reflects its development as a regional hub. To the south, the settlements of Ashwood and Turnbull mark the transition into a terrain defined by the drainage systems of West Fork Thompson Creek and Bayou Sara. This area is particularly rich in genealogical sites, with numerous family-named burial grounds including Wilkinson Cem, Sweeney Cem, and Liddell Cem scattered among the timber and pasture lands. The map details a complex network of rural lanes, such as Jackson Louisiana Rd and Pinckneyville Rd, which historically connected the disparate plantations and small farmsteads of the Mississippi backcountry.
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1906 · Bayou Sara
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1936 · Woodville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · St. Francisville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1941 · Lost Creek
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1945 · Lost Creek
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1953 · Natchez
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Baton Rouge
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Natchez
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Baton Rouge
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Clinton
USGS Topo · 1:62,500