Houston County WPA township map: Township 1 North, Range 26 East

Page 3 from a series of township maps of Houston County, Alabama. The following are visible: the town of Madrid, the Geneva County line, and the St. Stephens Base Line. The page is signed by delineator F. L. Thornton. These maps were drawn by WPA workers under the supervision of Paul Grimes, an eng...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: United States. Works Progress Administration (Ala.)
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/5249
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Summary:Page 3 from a series of township maps of Houston County, Alabama. The following are visible: the town of Madrid, the Geneva County line, and the St. Stephens Base Line. The page is signed by delineator F. L. Thornton. These maps were drawn by WPA workers under the supervision of Paul Grimes, an engineer with the State Highway Department, and they are based on information compiled in 1936 by the Alabama Relief Administration from county probate records. Each of the township maps includes a list of property owners in the area that is also illustrated on the map itself.