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1971 Map of Greenville West

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Greenville West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The city of Greenville serves as the focal point of this map, showing the town's expansion through purple-tinted updates that detail residential and institutional growth around Commerce St and Government St. Educational and community anchors like the Baptist Hill Sch, Jr High Sch, and the local Hosp provide a clear view of the mid-century municipal core. To the west, the landscape shifts toward the sprawling Butler County Wildlife Management Area, defined by the winding paths of Beaver Creek and Rocky Creek.

Outside the urban center, a network of country churches and family-named cemeteries—such as Giddens Cem and Gravel Hill Ch—illustrates the rural social fabric of Butler County. The Seaboard line cuts through the eastern terrain, reflecting the long-standing importance of rail transport for timber and agriculture in this part of Alabama. Water features like Lake Greenville and Tills Pond punctuate the ridges, highlighting the diverse hydrology of the Gulf Coastal Plain.