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1932 Map of Epes

Name: 1932 Topographic Map of Epes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

Livingston and the surrounding riverlands of the West Alabama Black Belt appear here as they were surveyed in the late 1920s. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the Tombigbee River, which forms the boundary between Sumter and Greene counties, and its confluence with the Sucarnoochee River. This era shows a transition in river transport, where older river crossings like Hillman Ferry and landmarks such as Jones Bluff and Traggs Bluff still guided local travel along the water. In town, the Industrial School stands as a significant landmark of education during the Jim Crow era.

Rural life is documented through a dense network of country schools and churches that served small farming communities. Family-named sites like Ezell Sch, Miller Sch, and Shiloh Sch are scattered across the terrain near the Southern and St Stephens Meridian railroads. Local genealogists can trace church congregations at Wesley Chapel, New Prospect Ch, and Bethlehem Ch, which acted as the social anchors for this agricultural region before mid-century modernization.