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2022 Map of Alexandria

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Alexandria
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Alexandria and Watertown anchor this rural landscape where the boundaries of Wilson, DeKalb, and Smith counties converge. The terrain is defined by a dense network of hollows, including Malone Hollow, Chumley Hollow, and Talent Hollow, which channel numerous tributaries toward larger water bodies like Hickman Cr and Smith Fork Creek. These drainages historically dictated the placement of early settlements and the winding paths of roads like Sparta Pike and Old Alexandria Rd.

Family history is deeply embedded in the land, evidenced by the numerous small burial grounds such as Grandstaff Cem, Hearn Hill Cem, and Adamson Cem. The survey shows the transition from the concentrated town grid of Alexandria to the dispersed homesteads near Liberty Hill and Statesville. Notable topographic markers like Hearn Hill and Round Top Knob provide a sense of the undulating physical environment that shaped this part of Middle Tennessee.