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2020 Map of Newsome Sinks

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Newsome Sinks
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Brindley Mountain serves as the dominant landform for this part of North Alabama, where the borders of Morgan, Marshall, and Madison counties converge. The landscape is defined by its karst topography, most notably at Newsome Sinks, a large natural depression south of Morgan City. The distribution of small rural settlements like Mount Olive, Allens Crossroads, and Oleander follows the ridgelines and upland plateaus, avoiding the deeper hollows such as Black Hollow and King Hollow.

Genealogists will find a high density of burial grounds, including Mount Olive Cem, Union Grove Cem, and Pine Ridge Cem, often situated near historic congregations like New Canaan Cem. Water sources are plentiful throughout the drainages, with Totten Cr and Cotaco Cr winding through the valleys, supported by numerous named springs such as Blowing Spring and Spout Spring that once sustained early homesteads.