Finch’s Landing is the ancestral home of Atticus and the Finches. It was once a plantation along the Alabama River about 20 miles from the town of Maycomb. Aunt Alexandra still lives there with her husband, and Atticus, Scout, and Jem visit there at Christmas time. The land around Finch’s landing was settled by Simon Finch, a fur trader who put down roots and built a farm with the help of slaves. The plantation and long history of the family in the area indicate that the Finches are a respected, prominent family in the area. Atticus and Jack Finch both leave Finch Landing to further their careers as a lawyer and a doctor respectively. The fact that Atticus and Jack were able to pursue these fields shows that there is some wealth in the family afforded by the land in which their family settled and farmed.
Finch Landing shows the importance of heritage, social class, and history in the South.
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