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1967 Map of Piedmont NW

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Piedmont NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Colvin Mountain and the rising slopes of Choccolocco Mountain define the topography of this corner of northeast Alabama. The map records a landscape anchored by small crossroads settlements and rural congregations, from Estes Crossroads in the north to the railway-adjacent community at Maxwellborn in the south. The southern edge of the sheet is dominated by the Talladega National Forest, where Nances Creek winds through the valley floor.

Industrial activity is evident through several Claypit labels, while the transportation corridor of the Southern Coast Line railroad dictates the development of larger hubs like Piedmont. Local history is preserved in the naming of rural schoolhouses and churches such as Webb Sch and Taylors Chapel, alongside family-named water bodies like Boozer Lake. The map serves as a vital record of the transition between agrarian foothills and the managed timberlands of the national forest during the mid-to-late twentieth century.