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1969 Map of Madrid

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Madrid
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

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The Atlanta and Saint Andrews Bay railroad anchors this 1960s landscape, cutting a north-south path through Houston County and connecting the town of Madrid with the nearby hub at Southern Junction. The terrain is defined by a dense network of creek branches, including Chipola Creek and Limestone Creek, which feed into the wider basin. These waterways and local landmarks like Coopers Bay suggest a landscape dominated by agricultural drainage and local industry.

Genealogists will find significant detail in the placement of community centers such as Rehobeth and Merritts Crossroads, alongside numerous country churches and burial sites like St Philips Cem and Smithville Ch Cem. The transition from rural homesteads to the more established crossroads settlements like Five Points reveals the early-to-mid-century growth patterns of this pocket of Alabama near the Florida border.