1947 Map of Forkland

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The Tombigbee River forms the southern boundary of this landscape, separating Greene Co from Sumter County in the mid-1940s. The settlement of Forkland serves as a local hub near the river, while the St Louis San Francisco railroad cuts diagonally across the terrain, passing through the Thornhill Sta and Thornhill communities. This era reveals a rural economy deeply tied to the land and water, with features like Derder Landing on the riverbank and the expansive Hagan Swamp defining the drainage patterns of McConnico Creek. Numerous country schools and churches, such as Stonewall Taylor Sch, Watson Sch, and Bethlehem Ch, are scattered throughout the hills, providing valuable data points for genealogists researching family locations in the Alabama Black Belt before modern consolidation changed the rural character of the region.