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2020 Map of Ashville

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Ashville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Ashville serves as a focal point for St. Clair County, centered on the Saint Clair County Courthouse. The landscape is defined by the northeast-to-southwest orientation of the Beaver Creek Mountains and Blount Mountain, which channel local development and transportation along the valley floors. Water features such as Big Canoe Creek and Pinedale Lake at Pinedale Shores dictate the positioning of rural settlements like Caldwell and Cool Springs.

Genealogists and local historians can locate early burial sites at Reeves Grove Cemetery near Whitney and the Moore Cemetery in Bucks Valley. The map also captures the confluence of local infrastructure at Whitney Junction and the small-scale aviation history at Peterson Field. The terrain transitions from the low-lying Beaver Creek Valley to the prominent heights of Barker Mountain and Cedar Cliff, illustrating the geographic constraints that have shaped this portion of Alabama.