1947 Map of Langston

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The Tennessee River and the expansive waters of Guntersville Lake dominate this mid-century landscape of Jackson and Marshall counties. This 1947 survey, later photorevised to show development through 1970, captures the interface of established upland farming and the recreational growth following the river's impoundment. The community of Langston sits central to the sheet, surrounded by a dense network of family history sites including the Langston Cem, Nicholson Cem, and Boyd Cem. The geography is defined by the sharp rise of Backbone Ridge and Gunters Mountain, with passage through the hills found at Sublett Gap and Langston Gap. Evidence of the area's mid-century transition is seen in the contrast between traditional rural centers like Macedonia and the emerging recreational infrastructure at the South Sauty Point Cabin Site Area and Scottsboro Municipal Park.