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1967 Map of Brilliant

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Brilliant
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The Buttahatchee River carves through the northern portion of this Marion County landscape, anchoring a rural topography defined by small settlements and resource extraction. The community of Brilliant serves as a primary hub, situated near the St Louis San Francisco railroad line and surrounded by several Strip Mine operations and gravel pits that reflect the industrial activity of the late 1960s. To the west, the map details the localized centers of Pearces Mills and Yampertown (Twin).

Social and religious life is well-documented through a dense network of country churches and family-named cemeteries, including Bethlehem Ch, Free Waters Ch, and Mt Pleasant Ch Cem. Notable landmarks such as the Lookout Tower on the eastern ridge and the curiously named Pull Tight offer specific points of interest for local historians and genealogists tracing the 20th-century development of these Alabama communities.