1957 Map of Malvern

About this map

Malvern and its surrounding countryside in the late 1950s are defined by a network of rural schoolhouses and country churches that anchored the Wiregrass region before widespread consolidation. The landscape is deeply carved by watercourses like Panther Creek and Hatband Creek, which flow south across the Houston Co Geneva Co line. Small communities such as Wicksburg and Bailey Crossroads appear as clusters of homes at key intersections, while the map preserves the locations of numerous house of worship, including Sawdust Ch, Pilgrims Rest Ch, and Bethlehem Ch. The layout of dirt roads and section lines reveals a landscape primarily dedicated to agriculture, with several family-named burial grounds like Purvis Cem and Oak Grove Cem providing vital points of reference for genealogists studying the families of southeastern Alabama.