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2011 Map of Newbern

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

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Newbern serves as the focal point of this landscape, where the Newbern Post Office and residential streets like Wood St and Baby St form the community core. The surrounding Hale County countryside is defined by an extensive network of family-named cemeteries and water management structures. Small settlements like Whitsitt, Sunshine, and Laneville are connected by a web of local routes including Co Hwy-12 and Co Rd-16.

A notable density of private water features and dams, such as the Willie Woods Dam Number 1 and the Kyser Lakes complex, suggests a landscape heavily modified for agriculture and livestock. The drainage of Big Prairie Creek and Dry Creek provides the natural framework for these holdings. For the genealogist, the sheer number of burial sites, from Hatch Cemetery to the Hunter Chapel Cemetery, offers a granular record of the families who have long inhabited this part of the Alabama Black Belt.