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1936 Map of Toney

Name: 1936 Topographic Map of Toney
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Toney and the surrounding rural landscape of northern Alabama are documented here during the mid-1930s, just as the Tennessee Valley Authority began its transformative work in the region. The map reveals a dense network of country schools and family cemeteries that anchored these agricultural communities, including Vance Sch, Toney Sch, and the Smith Cem. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the Brier Fork Flint River and the extensive Banyon Swamp in the southeast.

Evidence of early infrastructure is prominent, with the Power Authority Transmission Line cutting across the northern reaches near Elkwood. Small commerce hubs like Leas Store and Locks Store appear alongside numerous houses, providing a detailed record of settlement patterns before later 20th-century modernization. The boundary with Lincoln and Madison counties at the Tennessee-Alabama state line serves as the northern terminus of this detailed topographic study.