1958 Map of Woodville

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Woodville serves as the focal point of this southwestern Mississippi landscape, situated near the headwaters of several drainage systems. The Illinois Central railroad corridor links the town southward to Ashwood and Turnbull, while a dense network of country schools and churches, such as La Grange Sch and St Matthew Ch, highlights the rural social structure of the late 1950s. The northern terrain is defined by the broad meanders of the Homochitto River and the Buffalo River, creating a complex wetland environment around Foster Lake and Alligator Bayou. In the southern reaches, numerous family-named cemeteries like Bowling Green Cem and Arcole Cem provide significant data for genealogists tracing the legacy of old Wilkinson County estates. The presence of the Pickneyville Sch and Pinckneyville community reflects the early 19th-century settlement patterns that once flourished along the river bluffs.