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1969 Map of Coaling

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Coaling
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

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The Southern railroad corridor anchors this survey of eastern Tuscaloosa County, where the coal and timber landscape is defined by the winding tributaries of Black Hurricane Creek and Big Sandy Creek. Small communities like Coaling and Dudley are centers of local life, characterized by a high density of country churches and family burial grounds such as Mt Zion Ch (Cem) and Enterprise Ch (Cem).

Industry and topography are inextricably linked here, as numerous labeled Strip Mine and Gravel Pit locations sit among the ridges. Educational and religious landmarks like the Pineview Sch and New Asia Ch (Cem) offer valuable data points for genealogists tracking rural Alabama families. The transition from timbered hills to industrial extraction is visible in the network of secondary roads and the prominent Pipeline cutting through the terrain.