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1975 Map of Madison

Name: 1975 Topographic Map of Madison
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1993
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1993

About this map

The Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA) and the Redstone Arsenal dominate this landscape during a period of significant aerospace expansion. Located west of Huntsville, the region shows a mix of military-industrial land use and emerging residential suburbs such as Skyline Acres and Sherwood Park. The presence of the University of Alabama in Huntsville and the Alabama Space and Rocket Center highlights the area's specialized role in the American space program.

Away from the high-tech corridors, the map reveals older layers of Madison County history. Small family cemeteries like Gowan Cem and Jamar Cem are situated near Indian Creek, while the southern portion of the quadrangle is preserved as the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge along the banks of Wheeler Lake. This 1975 revision documents the early stages of urbanization as it began to wrap around the slopes of Madkin Mountain and Rainbow Mountain.