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1974 Map of Lisman

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of Lisman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Lisman sits at the heart of this Choctaw County landscape, serving as a focal point where the St Louis-San Francisco railroad line intersects with local life in the mid-1970s. The map illustrates a rural settlement pattern defined by numerous country churches, including Little Hope Ch and Gilfield Missionary Ch, which often anchored these small Alabama communities. To the south, Riderwood marks a significant point on the rail line, while the northern reaches include Cromwell and the small siding at Cromwell Sta.

Waterways like Bogue Chitto and Tuckabum Creek wind through the terrain, shaping the woodlots and clearings. The presence of the Lisman Jr High Sch and the Resthaven Memorial Gardens cemetery indicates the established social infrastructure of the era. This survey captures a moment when the Meridian and Bigbee route and the railroad still dictated the movement of goods and people through the pine-dense hills of western Alabama.