Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis

Title:Map of Yazoo County, Miss. containing the public roads, schools, churches, precincts, farms, residences, gins &c., &c. as located by surveys made by Mercer and Fontaine, projected & drawn from the field notes, records, &c. by J. W. Mercer.
Author:Mercer, J.W.
Scale:ca. 1 inch to 4,224 feet
Situation Date:1874
Publication Date:1874
Type:Original
Features:Drainage showing width and depth of streams, lakes, ridges, sections, beat lines, state owned lands, property boundaries with names of owners/residents and size in acres, some named properties, e.g. Balfore, China Grove, schools, churches, gins, houses, ferries, stage stops,.
Comments:Features Note: Illustrations around map title: railroad station scene at top center; buck deer below it; eagle in upper right corner; and steamship below it.
Publication Note: "National Lith. Institute, Chicago." Noted on Mississippi Archives copy-""G. W. Terry. Map colorer & mounter, Rice’s Building, 79 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill."
Coverage:Yazoo County
Repository:Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division | Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Language:English
Publisher:Mercer and Fontaine
Size (inches):57 X 58
Color:Y