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1959 Map of Summerfield

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Summerfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Talladega National Forest dominates much of this landscape in Perry and Dallas counties, where the Cahaba River winds through the western reaches. The settlement pattern of the late 1950s is defined by small agricultural and lumbering communities like Cleveland Mills, Sprott, and Suttle. This area is particularly dense with rural community anchors, featuring a significant number of country churches such as Iveys Chapel, Ocmulgee Ch, and Santa Felix Ch.

The eastern portion of the sheet reveals the early development of Valley Creek State Park and the prominent Dallas Lookout Tower. Notable for genealogists, the map preserves the locations of several small schoolhouses like Provewell Sch and East Perry Sch that served these isolated communities. Waterways like Oakmulgee Creek and Beaverdam Creek provided the natural drainage for the timber-rich hills and bottomlands that supported the local economy during this era.