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1981 Map of Tuskegee

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Tuskegee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Tuskegee Institute and its surrounding historic landscape are the focal point of this regional study, which also highlights the critical role of Moton Field and the Veterans Administration Hospital. The map reveals a complex web of 20th-century transportation and conservation, where the Western Railway of Alabama and Central of Georgia cut through the timberlands of the Tuskegee National Forest.

To the east, the Chattahoochee River forms the state boundary, regulated by Walter F George Lake and bordered by the Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge. The settlement pattern ranges from the established municipal centers of Union Springs and Phenix City to small, rural railroad stops like Hurtsboro, Seale, and Cottonton. Significant land use is marked by the Fort Benning Military Reservation and the extensive Big Swamp, illustrating the varied terrain of the Black Belt and East Alabama coastal plain.