Lakes
Map: Lakes In Alabama
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Lakes in Alabama are numerous. Alabama has no large natural lakes, but dams built on the abundant rivers have created many artificial lakes.
Alabama Ghost Towns
GHOST TOWNS OF ALABAMA
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Ghost towns in Alabama are a popular subject for more reasons than you may think. For instance, it is often required that we survey an abandoned property or ghost town in order to recreate a past event in order to help determine if the event could have actually occured as described in old newspaper articles or testimony of witnesses.
Cleburne County Alabama
CLEBURNE COUNTY ALABAMA
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Cleburne County is located on what was once Creek and Cherokee Indian land. The first settlers came to the area in the 1820s and named the town of Edwardsville as the county seat. Settlement in the area remained sparse until the 1830s, when gold was discovered in the vicinity of Arbacoochee and Chulafinnee in the southern part of the county. By 1836, some 5,000 miners had moved to the area in hopes of striking it rich.
Alabama Maps
Map: La Louisiane
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Map La Louisiane
Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. From the author’s Grosser atlas … [1734?] Includes historical notes and inset of “Les costes de la Louisiane depuis la baye de Ascension jusques acelle de S. Joseph.” Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Alabama Maps
Map: The MOBILE & OHIO R.R. AND CONNECTIONS
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One of the oldest cities in the United States, Mobile is the seat of Mobile County in the southwestern corner of Alabama along Interstate Highway 10, on the banks of the Mobile River.
As a port city, its influences were shaped by the varied cargoes and exotic travelers that constantly passed through.
Metal Detecting In Alabama
Map: Georgia & Alabama Post Offices, Post Roads, Canals, Rail Roads
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Map:
Georgia & Alabama Post Offices, Post Roads, Canals, Rail Roads
Maps created for one purpose often contain a tremendous amount of information useful for purposes other than that intended. The References statement in the top right of this map indicates the map is marked with six types of routes:
Horse Mail Post Coach Roads
Stage
Sulkey
Cross
Rail
Canals
One might think the sulkey routes would be frequently traveled and be composed of locations frequented by local residents.
This map is available as a high resolution download HERE.
alabama maps index
ALABAMA MAPS INDEX
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Alabama Maps Index
In addition to our collection of historical maps, we have created maps of some Alabama counties and several special purpose maps. Please remember that our maps normally contain only locations we have personally visited or researched for some reason or other. With this said, you will find points of interest overlooked or ignored by other mapmakers.
1718 Map of Gulf Coast Region
Historical map in possession of Chicago’s Historical Society. The map is titled “PORTION OF DE LISLE’S CARTE DE LOUISIANA, 1718.” Shows (a) De Soto’s wanderings in 1540; (b) La Salle’s landing, his hourney to the interior, and the place of his death; (c) Tonti’s Journey to the Chickasaws; (d) the old forts at Biloxi, on Mobile Bay, and on the Mississippi River Below New Orleans; (e) route of Bienville from Tensas village to Red River.
Bibb County Alabama
BIBB COUNTY ALABAMA
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Bibb County offers many attractions and points of interests. The Cahaba River flows through the county providing canoeing and fishing opportunities.
Choctaw County Alabama
CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA
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Choctaw County Alabama
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Choctaw County Alabama’s population is 13,859. Its county seat is Butler, Alabama. The county was established on December 29, 1847 and named for the Choctaw tribe of American Indians. Choctaw County Alabama Geography
The Tombigbee River flows along the eastern edge of the county, and several of its tributaries, including Wahalak, Big Tallawampa, and Turkey creeks, cross the area. US 84 runs east-west in the southern part of the county, and State Highway 17 runs north-south through the center of the county.