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1944 Map of Stapleton

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Stapleton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

The Stapleton area of Baldwin County is defined by its strategic position along the Louisville and Nashville railroad and the historic Spanish Trail. Surveyed just before the United States entered World War II, this map documents the agricultural and communal foundations of the region, featuring a high density of small churches and family burial grounds like Durant Cem and Greenwood Cem.

Notably, the landscape is dotted with infrastructure vital to the era's safety and aviation, including the Simerly Fire Tower, the Malbis Fire Tower, and an Airway Beacon. Local life centers around rural institutions such as the New Home Sch and the Malbis settlement, while the network of creeks like Bay Minette Creek and Tiawassee Creek carve through the terrain, illustrating the drainage patterns that shaped early 20th-century Alabama land use.