1967 Map of Carrollton

About this map

The county seat of Carrollton anchors this mid-century survey of Pickens County, where the Alabama and Tennessee Northern railroad corridor dictates the path of commerce through the lowlands of Lubbub Creek. Small, established communities like Reform and Stansel appear alongside an intricate network of family landmarks and rural institutions, including the New Providence and Union Hill churches. The landscape is deeply carved by drainage systems like Coal Fire Creek and Anna Branch, reflecting the agricultural and timber-driven economy of West Alabama. For genealogists, the map is particularly valuable for its precise location of ancestral burial grounds such as Cockrell and Bethel Cem, while markers like Beards Mill and several gravel pits reveal the localized industries that sustained these communities before late-twentieth-century shifts.