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1981 Map of Forest Home

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Forest Home
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Forest Home sits at the center of this rural Butler County landscape, serving as a hub for a network of small settlements and country churches during the early 1980s. The area is defined by its deep creek valleys and timbered ridges, with Pine Barren Creek and Barren Creek cutting through the northern half of the quadrangle. Local community life is anchored by numerous houses of worship and burial grounds, such as Zion Rest Ch and its associated Cem, along with Rock Rest Ch and Pine Flat Ch.

Evidence of local industry appears in the form of several Sandpit locations near the settlement of Saucer. In the west, Butler Springs remains a distinct landmark, while the southern reaches of the map are more remote, characterized by the winding paths of Panther Creek and Long Creek. The topography is high enough to support a Lookout Tower near Forest Home, overlooking a region where agriculture and resource extraction meet the forested hills of southern Alabama.