1959 Map of Billingsley

Genealogists will find a wealth of family history in the numerous country churches and cemeteries, such as Indian Grave Ch and the Evergreen Cem. The map reveals a transition in civic life, showing the distribution of rural education at Pentecost Sch and Friendship Sch before the era of widespread school consolidation. From the Mulberry Microwave Tower to the banks of Autauga Creek, the sheet preserves the locations of vanished landmarks and family-named gravel pits that once defined the local economy.