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2011 Map of Marion Junction

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Marion Junction
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

The Cahaba River winds through this Central Alabama landscape, defining the topography south of Pernell. The settlement at Marion Junction serves as a primary focal point, anchored by the Marion Junction Post Office and the Marion Junction Community Cemetery. The area is notably dense with family-named burial grounds and small communities like Harrell, suggesting a deeply rooted agricultural and rural social structure.

Water management is evident through features such as J M Gaston Number 1 Dam and J M Gaston Number Two Lake, which sit alongside numerous tributaries like Dry Creek and Baker Creek. Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of ancestral sites, including the Rasco Family Cemetery, Davis Cemetery, and Taylor Cemetery, scattered across the network of county roads that crisscross the river valley.