2018 Map of Brookside

About this map

Locust Fork snakes through the northern reaches of this landscape, anchoring a region defined by its industrial legacy and scattered mining settlements. The geography here is a dense network of hollows and ridges, where places like Blossburg, Pinkney City, and Brookside emerged alongside the resource extraction of the Warrior Coal Basin. This 2018 perspective shows the modern footprint of historical sites, including the Jefferson Tunnel and the large Chetopa Mine Impoundment Number 2. The map provides essential detail for researchers tracing the evolution of these communities, showing the proximity of early 20th-century settlements like Cardiff and Sayre to the vital transportation corridors of Fivemile Creek and the Old US Hwy 78. Local history is preserved in the numerous family and community burial grounds, such as Linns Crossing Cem and the Saint Michaels Cem, which remain as fixed points while the surrounding towns of Adamsville and Graysville continue to evolve.