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1971 Map of Bladon Springs

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Bladon Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Bladon Springs State Park serves as a focal point in the northern portion of this landscape, situated near the community of Bladon Springs. The area is defined by an intricate network of waterways, including Sea Warrior Creek and Santa Bogue Creek, which wind through the terrain near the Choctaw Co Washington Co line. Smaller settlements like Frankville, Silver Cross, and Koenton appear alongside numerous rural landmarks that suggest a close-knit community structure based on faith and lineage.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of country churches and family-named cemeteries, such as Antioch Ch, Friendship Ch, and McDowell Cem. The presence of an Oil Well in the northwest corner points to localized industrial activity during the early 1970s. This survey records the rural character of southwestern Alabama just as modern infrastructure began to further integrate these previously isolated communities.