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1926 Map of Tuscumbia

Name: 1926 Topographic Map of Tuscumbia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1926
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1926

About this map

Tuscumbia and Russellville anchor this mid-1920s survey of Northwest Alabama, showing the region just as the industrial footprint of the Southern railroad and Alabama Power Company began to reshape the landscape. The map reveals a dense network of rural infrastructure, from the industrial center at Sheffield to the numerous country schools like Morning Star School and Hackberry School that served isolated farming communities.

State Geologist Eugene A. Smith helped oversee this documentation of the transition between the Tennessee River lowlands and the higher elevations of Lagrange Mtn and the Kent Mountains. Genealogists will find particular value in the precisely marked family-named landmarks and small settlements such as Saints Crossroads, Bickley Place, and Campbell Settlement. The presence of Clements Mill on Mud Creek and various bridges like Bean Bridge illustrate the early 20th-century water-and-road economy before modern highway development.