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1975 Map of Portersville

Name: 1975 Topographic Map of Portersville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Big Wills Valley and Little Wills Valley dominate this landscape, separated by the prominent Shinbone Ridge. In the mid-1970s, the community of Collinsville serves as a local hub at the southern end of the quadrangle, featuring a High Sch, National Guard Armory, and multiple churches. The presence of numerous family-named cemeteries, such as the Warren-Stewart Cem, Anthony Collins Cem, and Plunket Cem, provides significant value for genealogical research in this corridor of northeast Alabama.

Transportation patterns are defined by the parallel routes of Interstate 59 and the Southern railroad, which navigate the valley floors beneath landmarks like Devils Saltcellar Ridge and Portersville Gap. Smaller settlements like Lebanon and Portersville remain connected by rural roads crossing Wills Creek and its many tributaries, while the northern reaches include the Brown Hill Community Center and the Loveless area near the De Kalb and Cherokee county line.