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1968 Map of Needmore

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Needmore
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Needmore serves as a central point in this late 1960s landscape, where the borders of Pike, Montgomery, and Bullock counties meet. The terrain is defined by a dense network of tributaries feeding into the Conecuh River, including Panther Creek and Mannings Creek. This survey captures a rural Alabama community structured around small settlements and spiritual centers such as Benevolent Grove Ch and Murphys Chapel.

Genealogists can find significant local data points in the numerous burial grounds and churches, from Tick Hill Cem to Williams Memorial Ch. The map shows a landscape of scattered ponds like Shirley Pond and Copelands Pond, alongside numerous flowing wells that suggest a reliance on local groundwater during this era. The presence of Stills Crossroads and Jonesville indicates a pattern of small-scale crossroad communities that once anchored the social and economic life of this agrarian region.