Fairford and Chestang anchor the central portion of this southwestern Alabama landscape, situated just west of the Mobile River bottomlands. The map reveals a high density of small family and community burial grounds, essential for genealogical research, including Mount Moriah Cem, Saint Thomas Cems, and Little Chestang Cem. The terrain is defined by a network of drainage systems such as Little Poll Bayou and Poll Bayou, which flow through the forested lowlands toward the river. To the north, Reid Settlement and Hub Neck suggest the enduring nature of local communities in the northern reaches of Mobile County. The boundary with Washington County cuts across the northern and eastern edges, where larger settlements like Calvert and Malcolm are positioned near the county line and the marshy edges of Bilbo Cr.
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1943 · Choctaw Bluff
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · Tensaw
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · Citronelle
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · McIntosh
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · McIntosh
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · Tensaw
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1946 · Citronelle
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1946 · Choctaw Bluff
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Andalusia
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1953 · Hattiesburg
USGS Topo · 1:250,000