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1967 Map of Centre

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Centre
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

The Coosa River valley dominates this landscape, significantly altered by the impoundment of Weiss Lake. This water body, featuring a normal pool elevation of 564 feet, has created an intricate shoreline around former hills like Round Mountain and Billy Goat Hill. The city of Centre serves as the regional hub, protected in part by a Levee system and supported by infrastructure such as the Centre Municipal Airport and County Hospital.

Tracing the rural uplands reveals the area's older social fabric, anchored by numerous country churches and cemeteries. Settlements such as Blue Pond, Richardson, and Antioch dot the ridges and valleys near Shinbone Ridge and Dirtseller Mountain. Evidence of former transportation networks is visible in the Old Railroad Grade winding through the northern portion of the quadrangle. The map also captures the recreational shift of the era, noting facilities like Little River Marina and Chestnut Marina along the newly formed lakefronts.