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2024 Map of Buck Creek

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Buck Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Talladega National Forest encompasses much of this landscape in Perry and Chilton counties, where the terrain is defined by the winding drainages of Oakmulgee Creek and Little Oakmulgee Creek. The small community of Panhandle sits on the eastern side of the forest, serving as a landmark for a region where settlement is primarily marked by a network of rural roads and ancestral burial grounds.

Genealogists will find a significant concentration of local history in the numerous small cemeteries scattered across the forest and its fringes. From the Hepzibah Cem in the north to the Fuller Cem and Fellowship Cem further south, these sites indicate long-standing family ties to the land. The road network, including Fannie Bell Morton Rd and Wilkes Bolden Rd, often follows these old family names, preserving the geography of the community within the federally protected woodland.