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2022 Map of Taft

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Taft
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Taft and Molino anchor this survey of the Tennessee-Alabama borderlands, where the landscape is defined by a dense network of hollows and family-named cemeteries. The terrain transitions from the steep ridges of Potato Hill and Pea Ridge to the bottomlands of the Elk River and Coldwater Creek. Genealogists will find a wealth of specific local history through numerous burial sites such as the Rawls Cemetery, Sulser Cemetery, and the R W Pitts Family Cemetery.

A notable legacy of transport is preserved in the path of the Old Railroad Bed Road, which snakes through the western portion of the map near Coldwater. This route, alongside landmarks like Whitaker Lake and Carter Lake, traces the evolution of rural Lincoln County infrastructure. From the smaller settlements of Yukon and Camargo to the low-lying Whiteoak Swamp, the map documents a community deeply connected to its river bends and narrow valleys.