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2018 Map of Claiborne

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Claiborne
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The Alabama River winds through the heart of this landscape, carving a wide path between Clarke and Monroe counties. On the eastern bank, the settlement of Claiborne sits atop the Alabama Bluff, a location of immense importance to the region's river-based history. Nearby, the Claiborne-Murphy Bridge provides a vital crossing point, connecting the bluff to the western lowlands near Gosport.

The map reveals a landscape defined by water and memory, featuring several large oxbow lakes and trust-managed lands like the Mabel Bedsole Ward Trust Lake. Genealogists and local historians can locate the Claiborne Cem and McConnico Cem, while river travelers of a different era would have noted the shifting sands of the Pigeon Creek Bar and Mistress Gray Bar. These labels, alongside family-named tributaries like Mackey Br and Galliard Cr, offer a detailed view of the rural South in the twenty-first century.