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1957 Map of Frankfort

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Frankfort
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

Russellville serves as the focal point in the southeast corner of this landscape, where the town's edge meets the industrial presence of a Strip mine and a Filtration Plant. This 1957 survey, updated with revisions from the 1980s, captures the rural character of the Colbert and Franklin County borderlands. The terrain is defined by the high ground of Wagnon Mountain and a dense network of watercourses including Cane Creek and Tollison Creek. Significant man-made water features such as Cedar Creek Lake and Elliott Lake dominate the southern half of the sheet.

Local history and genealogy are anchored by numerous country churches and family burial grounds, such as Jonesboro Church, Burnt Church, and Malone Cemetery. Small community hubs like Frankfort and Crooked Oak are connected by a web of winding secondary roads, reflecting a late-20th-century transition between traditional agriculture and modern infrastructure like the Radio Facility (WFIQ) and Pumping Station.