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1957 Map of Hartford

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Hartford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Hartford serves as the primary hub of this 1950s landscape, centered around its City Hall, the High Sch, and the County High Sch. The surrounding Geneva County countryside is defined by a dense network of local landmarks, including many small country churches such as Pondtown Ch, Glad Tidings Ch, and New Post Oak Ch. A legacy of earlier settlement is evident in the presence of the Tate Jr High Sch (Abandoned) to the east and the small village of Black to the southwest.

Transportation and water dictate the layout of the land, with the Louisville and Nashville railroad cutting through the terrain and various creeks, including Hurricane Creek and Spring Creek, winding through the wooded areas. Genealogists will find significant value in the mapped cemeteries, from the Wright Chapel Cem to the Adoniram Cem, which provide specific locations for family history research in this agricultural region of Alabama.