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1952 Map of Lexington

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Lexington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

Lexington and Anderson anchor this mid-century survey of the Alabama-Tennessee borderlands in Lauderdale County. The landscape is defined by the dendritic drainage patterns of Second Creek and Anderson Creek, where numerous family-named hollows and branches like Sawmill Hollow and Shelton Branch signify early homesteading and resource use. The road network includes the prominent Betty Highway, which navigates a terrain dotted with rural landmarks essential for genealogical research, including Portertown Cem, Harmon Cem, and Corum Cem.

Crossing points like Sledge Ford Bridge and Ingram Ford indicate where local travel relied on established water crossings before modern infrastructure. The presence of multiple small congregations, such as Oxford Ch and Bethlehem Ch, alongside geographic markers like Nubbin Ridge, illustrates the tight-knit settlement patterns of this agricultural and timber-producing region during the early 1950s.