2018 Map of Wiley

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Wiley and Sandtown anchor this rural landscape where the borders of Tuscaloosa, Fayette, and Walker counties converge. The terrain is defined by a dense network of ridges and hollows, including Poplar Hollow and Nance Hollow, which channel numerous tributaries toward Bankhead Lake in the southeast. For genealogists and local historians, the area is notably rich in family-named sites and early community markers, with over half a dozen burial grounds such as Rock Springs Cem, Goodwater Cem, and the Whitson Place Cem providing evidence of established family lineages. Small-scale settlements like Whitson and Flatwoods are linked by a complex web of named rural routes, including Wallace Ferry Rd and Who Knows Rd, reflecting a traditional Alabama hill country road network before modern consolidation.