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1968 Map of Danleys Crossroads

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Danleys Crossroads
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Danleys Crossroads serves as a central point in this rural Southeast Alabama landscape, where the borders of Coffee, Crenshaw, and Covington Counties converge. The area is defined by a dense network of small communities and country churches that anchored social life in the late 1960s, including Friendship, Curtis, and Pine Level. These settlements are linked by winding roads that traverse a terrain cut by numerous waterways like Pigeon Creek, Knot Creek, and Moores Creek.

Cultural landmarks are particularly prominent on this sheet, with nearly a dozen named churches such as Mt Olive Ch, Oak Grove Ch, and Bethany Ch scattered across the countryside. The presence of Donaldson Pond and County Lake indicates the importance of managed water resources in this agricultural region. The map captures the transition between these small farming hubs before modern development shifted the rural character of the Wiregrass region.