1971 Map of Chesson

About this map

Cubahatchee Creek and Old Town Creek wind through this rural Alabama landscape at the junction of Macon, Montgomery, and Bullock Counties. The area's mid-century infrastructure is defined by two major rail corridors: the Seaboard Coast Line, which serves the settlement of Chesson, and the Central of Georgia further south. A notable historical marker on the terrain is the Indian Treaty Boundary, which cuts diagonally across the southeastern corner near Allens Chapel. This rural community is anchored by numerous small houses of worship and burial sites, including Mt Zion Ch and its adjacent Mt Zion Cem, as well as Mt Silah Ch and Mathis Chapel. The map details a transition from lowland sloughs and creeks to managed ponds like Halls Pond and Spoins Lake, illustrating the local drainage patterns and land use in the early 1970s.