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1957 Map of Russellville

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Russellville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Russellville serves as the focal point of this North Alabama landscape, situated just before the rise of the Colbert and Franklin County line. The town's mid-century infrastructure is well-defined, showing the Betty Wilson Hospital, a radio tower, and the Athletic field near the city center. The Southern Railway and the historic Jackson Highway provide the primary transit corridors, while the presence of a prison camp and several strip mines further north indicates the region's industrial and correctional land use during the 1950s.

Rural life is anchored by numerous cemeteries and community churches, such as Mountain Home Church and Tharptown Cemetery. The topography transitions from the flatter lands near Lee Bottom and Town Creek into the more broken terrain of Pleasant Ridge. Water features like Bear Creek and Hyde Lake intersect with smaller settlements including Littleville and Ligon Springs, providing a detailed look at the water-rich geography of the Tennessee Valley area during this era of growth.