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1971 Map of Society Hill

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Society Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Society Hill serves as a central landmark in this 1971 survey of eastern Alabama, situated where the borders of Lee, Macon, and Russell counties converge. The landscape is defined by the drainages of Opintlocco Creek, Long Branch, and Sand Creek, creating a rural pattern of ridge-top settlements and dispersed farmsteads. Family and community history is preserved in numerous burial grounds and local congregations, including the Bethel Ch Cem, Cobbs Cem, and the Society Hill Ch.

Industry in the early 1970s was primarily extractive, evidenced by several Gravel Pits scattered across the northern half of the quadrangle. Transportation is anchored by the primary road passing through the settlement of Society Hill, while the southern reaches of the map transitions into the more wooded terrain surrounding Talbert Lake. Small, established landmarks such as Reese Chapel and Shiloh Ch point to the enduring social fabric of this rural corridor between Tuskegee and Opelika.