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1964 Map of Farley

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Farley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

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Redstone Arsenal dominates the western edge of this landscape, its boundary enclosing the industrial facilities of the Huntsville Filtration Plant and sidings along the Louisville and Nashville railroad. The Tennessee River curves sharply through the center, widening into Wheeler Lake and flowing past Hobbs Island toward the Coffee Bluff shoreline. This mid-century view reveals a region in transition, where established rural communities like Farley and Whitesburg meet emerging infrastructure, including the South Huntsville Airport and the Huntsville Speedway.

The river serves as a primary boundary between Madison, Morgan, and Marshall counties, with the Alabama State Docks Terminal and a pumping station signaling the river's commercial role. Away from the water, the terrain rises into Green Mountain and Wallace Mountain, where numerous family-named landmarks like Russell Cem, Hobbs Cem, and Laceys Spring provide vital reference points for genealogists tracing the area's early settlement patterns.