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2011 Map of Aberfoil

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Aberfoil
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Conecuh River and its numerous tributaries, including Little Conecuh River and Big Sandy Creek, define the topography of this Bullock County region. The landscape is dotted with several small communities and private water features, such as O H Williams Lake and Varner Lake, which often correspond to specific family or landholdings. The settlement of Aberfoil serves as a central point, while smaller locales like Scotland, Inverness, and Stavo are distributed across the drainage basins.

Genealogists will find a high concentration of burial sites, including the Lydia Baptist Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery, and Dasinger Cemetery. These cemeteries, along with Mount Calvary Cemetery and McGrady Cemetery, provide a framework for tracing local families throughout the area's development. The presence of numerous small dams and named ponds like Smuteye Lake and Gibson Lake indicates a landscape managed for local agriculture and water resources in the early twenty-first century.