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2011 Map of Columbiana

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Columbiana
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Columbiana serves as a focal point for this section of Shelby County, situated west of the prominent Columbiana Mountain. This landscape is marked by a transition from the structured street grid of the town center—home to the Columbiana Post Office—to the more dispersed rural settlements of Kingdom Crossroads, Nelson, and Hillsdale. The area is densely populated with sites of genealogical interest, including numerous family and community burial grounds such as Old Good Hope Cemetery, Whitfield Cemetery, and Pine Lawn Gardens Cemetery.

Water plays a significant role in the local geography, with Beeswax Creek and Little Beeswax Creek draining the central valley toward the eastern reach of Lay Lake. Aviation history is present through private facilities like Commander Airpark Inc and the Landing Strip in the north. This survey illustrates the early 21st-century balance between traditional rural Alabama crossroads and the expanding residential footprints near the county seat.