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2024 Map of Lafayette

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Lafayette
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

La Fayette serves as the focal point of this Chambers County landscape, situated at the junction of several county roads and AL Highway 77. The settlement pattern reflects a series of small, dispersed communities such as Buffalo, Rollins, and Penton that dot the countryside between major watercourses. These drainage networks, most notably Chatahospee Creek and Pigeonroost Creek, define the topography as it moves through the agricultural and wooded lands of east-central Alabama.

Genealogists will find a significant concentration of burial sites throughout the area, including La Fayette Cem and several rural locations like Old Rock Springs Cem and Macedonia Cem. The presence of small reservoirs like Sharpes Lake and Wheeler Lake suggests a landscape managed for both local industry and agriculture, while family-named landmarks like Hill Thompson Cem and Finley Cem provide direct links to the region's historic land-owning families.