1959 Map of Adair

About this map

The South Fork Forked Deer River dominates the southern landscape of this West Tennessee region, where the border of Crockett and Madison counties meets. Small agricultural communities such as Adair, Midway, and Windy City are linked by a network of historic transit corridors, including the Gulf Illinois Central Railroad and the Jackson-Bells Highway. The map reveals a dense concentration of local institutions essential to rural life in the late 1950s, particularly the numerous country schools and churches like Mason Grove Sch and Bascom Ch. Genealogists will find significant value in the scattered family-named cemeteries, such as the Hicks Cem and McLemore Cem, which mark the homesteads and legacies of long-established residents near Poplar Corner and Bethlehem.