2018 Map of Gold Mine

About this map

Brilliant and the eponymous Gold Mine settlement anchor this landscape in northwestern Alabama, where the rolling hills of the Cumberland Plateau meet the dense woodlands of the William B. Bankhead National Forest. The map reveals a high density of small family and community cemeteries, such as Old Mars Hill Cem, Barton Cem, and Myers Hill Cem, which suggest deep-rooted ancestral ties across the rural countryside. Water defines the terrain, with the Buttahatchee River and Lake Buttahatchee in the north and the New River system to the south. The network of county roads, including Co RD 162 and Co HWY 8, connects dispersed residential pockets like Sunny Home and Whitehouse, illustrating a traditional Southern settlement pattern where life follows the ridgelines and creek beds.