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1953 Map of Chickasaw

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Chickasaw
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Industrial expansion and coastal waterways dominate this mid-century survey of the Mobile riverfront. The city of Chickasaw serves as a focal point, showing a dense street grid adjacent to the Ship Yard and Sewage Disposal infrastructure on the Mobile River. To the north, the rail corridors of the Alabama and Tennessee Northern RR and Southern Railway parallel the river, linking the residential developments of Saraland and Satsuma.

The landscape is defined by the transition from marshy bottomlands, such as Hells Swamp Branch and Sara Bayou, to the established communities of Whistler and Eight Mile. Notable local landmarks for genealogists and researchers include Saraland Cem, the Community House in Chickasaw, and the Radio Station (WABB). The map also captures the river geography of Twelvemile Island and Blakeley Island before late-20th-century coastal changes.