Wilson Lake dominates this Alabama landscape, where the waters of the Tennessee River divide Lauderdale and Colbert counties. The map captures a transition from the urban reach of Florence and St. Florian to the lakeside residential developments of Alabama Shores and Paradise Points. Significant industrial and transportation markers include the Northwest Alabama Regional Airport and the planned grids of Nitrate City and Listerhill to the south. Genealogists will find a high density of family burial grounds preserved among the hills and inlets, such as Kernachan Cem, Hennigan Cem, and Jones Hill Cem. The shoreline is heavily indented by creeks like Sixmile Cr and McKernan Cr, illustrating how the impoundment of Muscle Shoals reshaped the local geography into a complex network of points and coves.
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1914 · Rogersville
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1914 · Muscle Shoals
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1916 · Muscle Shoals
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1916 · Rogersville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1924 · Tuscumbia
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1926 · Tuscumbia
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1936 · Pruitton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1936 · Wheeler Dam
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1936 · Florence
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1936 · Town Creek
USGS Topo · 1:24,000