2017 Map of Witter

About this map

War Eagle Creek and the Dry Fork define the drainage of this Madison County landscape, where small communities like Aurora and Witter follow the valley floors. The terrain is deeply incised by family-named and descriptively named landforms, including Granny Paddin Hollow, Slow Tom Hollow, and Pennywinkle Hollow, suggesting a long history of local settlement and naming traditions. High points such as Venus Mountain and Moore Mountain overlook a network of county roads that connect these remote hollows. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of several community burial grounds, including Henderson Creek Cemetery, Jackson Creek Cemetery, and Captain Smiths Cemetery. The density of named hollows like Carroll Anderson Hollow and Jackie Hollow points to the legacy of specific families who established homesteads along the tributaries of the War Eagle Creek watershed.