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2000 Map of Moulton

Name: 2000 Topographic Map of Moulton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2003
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2003

About this map

Moulton serves as the focal point of this Lawrence County landscape, marking the transition from the relatively level agricultural lands of the Moulton Valley to the heavily forested uplands of the south. The historical footprint of the area is traced by Byler Road, one of Alabama's earliest state roads, which skirts the western edges of the William B Bankhead National Forest. To the south, the terrain rises sharply into the high ridges of Penitentiary Mountain and Buzzard Roost Mountain, land protected within the Black Warrior Wildlife Management Area.

Rural life is anchored by numerous small community centers such as Wren and Muck City, alongside several long-standing churches and family burial grounds. Notable sites for local history researchers include the Moulton Municipal Cemetery, McDonald Cem, and Union Chapel. The drainage of the valley is defined by the winding courses of Town Creek and Sledge Creek, which flow northward away from the dramatic gaps and knobs of the national forest boundary.