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2018 Map of Sandy Ridge

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Sandy Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Sandy Ridge serves as a central hub in this corner of Alabama where Lowndes, Montgomery, and Crenshaw counties meet. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of local roads and family-named water bodies, such as W D Farrior Junior Lake and W E Pritchett Lake Number Two. This distribution of private ponds and creek systems, including Pinchony Cr and Beaver Dam Cr, suggests a rural economy tied to land ownership and localized water management.

Genealogists will find significant value in the numerous burial sites scattered across the township lines, from the Lamar Cem in the northwest to the Armstrong Cem in the southeast. Smaller settlements like Davenport and Letohatchee are connected by historically named routes such as Julian Town Rd and Means Cemetary Rd, reflecting the deep-rooted local history and community structure of the region during this era of the late 2010s.