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1973 Map of Rutherford

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Rutherford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The Seaboard Coast Line railroad cuts a diagonal path through this rural landscape in eastern Alabama, connecting the small settlements of Rutherford and Persons. The terrain is defined by a dense network of waterways, notably the North Fork Cowikee Creek and Middle Fork Cowikee Creek, which drain southward toward the Russell Co Barbour Co boundary. The distribution of cultural landmarks suggests a dispersed community centered around small churches and family burial grounds.

Local history is preserved in sites such as Mt Missouri Ch and its associated Mt Missouri Cem, along with Hurts Chapel and Antioch Ch. Smaller water features like Chatfields Pond, Jones Branch, and Halliday Creek punctuate the wooded hills and clearings. The map illustrates a mid-20th-century rural economy tied to the land and the rail, before modern development further altered the traditional settlement patterns of the region.