1957 Map of Tanner Williams

About this map

Big Creek Lake dominates the northern landscape of this Mobile County survey, its irregular shoreline reaching into the surrounding piney woods. Originally mapped in the 1950s and updated with purple revisions in the mid-1970s, the map reveals a rural community transition. The settlement of Tanner Williams serves as a western hub, connected to the growing periphery of Mobile by the Tanner Williams Road and Government Street Road. Family history is deeply rooted in this terrain, as evidenced by numerous burial grounds including Dees Cem, Williams Cem, and Tanner Cem. The landscape is a network of small drainages like Hamilton Creek and Pierce Creek, while infrastructure such as a Pipeline and an Aqueduct slice through the wooded sections. Community life centers on established institutions like Baker Sch and local congregations at Bethel Hall Ch and Foster Grove Ch.