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2021 Map of Jones Chapel

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Jones Chapel
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Jones Chapel sits at the heart of this landscape, where the plateau terrain is deeply incised by the headwaters of Whetstone Cr and Crooked Creek. The map documents a rural Cullman County landscape defined by small crossroad communities and an extensive network of county roads that follow the winding ridgelines. To the west, the boundary of the William B. Bankhead National Forest creates a distinct transition in land use, sheltering the drainage of McCain Cr and Blevens Creek.

For those researching family history, the map is a dense record of community anchors, from Nesmith in the west to Logan in the southeast. Numerous rural burial grounds and places of worship, such as Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church and the Chances Cross Roads Cem, are meticulously plotted, showing the persistent local importance of these sites even as the surrounding agriculture has evolved. The drainage patterns of Sullivan Cr and Lewis Br further define the historic settlement clusters found at Dripping Springs and Central.