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1967 Map of Piedmont

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Piedmont
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The railroad junction at Piedmont serves as the industrial and social anchor of this Northeast Alabama landscape, where the Southern and Seaboard Coast Line tracks intersect. This mid-century survey captures a transition from the agricultural lowlands of Terrapin Creek to the protected heights of the Talladega National Forest. Local life is organized around crossroads and country congregations, evidenced by landmarks like McFrey Crossroads, Carmel Ch, and Philadelphia Ch.

Industry and infrastructure are woven into the terrain, from the Augusta Mine Ridge to the Sewage Disposal Pond and Filtration Plant near Ladiga. Education and civic services are centered in the town core, featuring Bethune High Sch and the local Armory. The surrounding ridges, including Dugger Mountain and Chinquapin Ridge, frame a network of family-named cemeteries and small settlements like Vigo and Spring Garden, preserving the rural layout of Calhoun, Cherokee, and Cleburne Counties before later 20th-century modernization.