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2011 Map of Somerville

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Somerville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Somerville stands as a central point of this Northern Alabama landscape, serving as a hub where the Somerville Post Office and Somerville Cemetery anchor the local community. The terrain is defined by a series of prominent ridges and deeply etched valleys, including Cedar Mountain, Cooper Mountain, and Fairview Mountain. These elevations give way to numerous named hollows such as Vinsant Hollow and Wolfden Hollow, which reflect a long history of family settlements and local place-naming.

Water plays a critical role in the geography, with Town Creek, Gum Spring Creek, and Six Mile Creek carving paths through the hills. Genealogists will find a wealth of data in the many scattered burial grounds, such as Leemon Cemetery, Houston Cemetery, and Brindley Cemetery. The map also documents smaller rural intersections and communities like Turney Crossroads, Henderson, and Pence, illustrating the persistent rural settlement patterns of Morgan County in the early 21st century.