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1978 Map of Seminole

Name: 1978 Topographic Map of Seminole
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

The Perdido River and the Styx River define this Gulf Coast borderland, where the winding water separates Baldwin Co and Escambia Co and the states of Alabama and Florida. The landscape is marked by a legacy of resource extraction, with numerous claypits and claypit operations dotting the terrain between Bellefontaine Cr and Spring Branch. Transportation and infrastructure are central themes, seen in the Old Railroad Grade running through the bottomlands near Seminole and the expansive U S Naval Reservation dominating the eastern edge of the survey.

Local history is preserved in the location of several burial grounds, including Old Muscogee Cem near the river and Mitchell Cem to the south. Small settlements like Beulah and Muscogee serve as anchors in an area defined by its riparian geometry and the modern additions of the Coastal Airport and several major pipelines. The map captures a moment when the rural character of the lower Perdido basin remained intact before significant coastal expansion.