2020 Map of Fruitdale

About this map

The Escatawpa River defines the eastern landscape of this Washington County borderland, where Alabama meets Mississippi. Modern roads like Fruitdale Ave and Co Rd 1 connect the established settlements of Fruitdale and Escatawpa. The area is notably dense with family and community burial grounds, providing a significant resource for genealogical research. These include Macedonia Cem, Grimes Cem, Fruitdale Cem, and Epworth Cem, most situated along ridges between the numerous creek drainages such as Griffin Cr and Turkey Cr. The township and range lines of the Public Land Survey System divide the terrain into a regular grid, overlaying a landscape carved by Brannon Cr and Byrd Cr. This 2020 data captures the area’s contemporary rural structure, from the residential clusters along Central Ave to the forested reaches of Red Oak Ridge.