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1958 Map of Jeff

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Jeff
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

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Burwell Mtn and Drake Mountain rise above the agricultural plains north of Huntsville in this late 1950s survey. The landscape is a network of rural communities such as Harvest, Cluttsville, and Old Monrovia, interspersed with numerous family cemeteries like Fearn Cem, Nance Cem, and Pettus Cem. These markers of early settlement are tied together by historic transit routes, including the Old Railroad Bed Road and Pulaski Pike.

Educational and religious life is well-documented through features like Oakwood College and a high density of country churches, including St James Chapel, Jerusalem Ch, and Conley Chapel. The transition from rural farming to institutional growth is evident near the City Boundary, where the Sewage disposal plant and Huntsville Memory Gardens Cemetery appear alongside older landmarks like Nichols Spring.