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1969 Map of Dothan East

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Dothan East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Industrial and agricultural growth meet on the eastern outskirts of Dothan in this late 1960s study of Houston County. The landscape is defined by the heavy infrastructure of the Central of Georgia and Seaboard Coast Line railroads, which converge near the city center and strike out across a patchwork of farms and woodland. Beyond the urban limits, established rural communities such as Smyrna, Cowarts, and Ashford dot the rail lines, while smaller clusters like Ardilla and Wilson Quarters suggest the era’s shifting residential patterns.

Several landmarks highlight the mid-century development of the region, including Bakers Airport and the Crippled Children Clinic on the Dothan periphery. Water features like Porters Lake and Green Valley Farm Ponds are scattered throughout the drainage basins of Beaver Creek and Cowarts Creek, illustrating the natural irrigation used for the local agricultural economy. Religious and educational cornerstones, such as Carver High Sch and Cowarts Creek Ch, provide vital reference points for genealogists tracing family roots in this corner of the Wiregrass region.